Running more than one instance on a workstation

For example, server1 is a library server and server2 is an object server; both servers can use the same instance name. As a matter of fact, you should use the same instance name to identify a library server and all of the object servers that communicate with the library server. However, you should not use the same instance name on more than one library server.

You can define one or more instances to run on the same workstation. For example, you can run one instance for production work and a different instance for development work. Each instance running on the same workstation must be configured to utilize a different TCP/IP port number and each distributed library and object server instance must operate on the same TCP/IP port number.