Instances

Use the Instances tab of Software Services to work with software services instances, which represent software on z/OS® that was provisioned, typically through the use of software services templates, although provisioning can be done manually. They may be middleware instances or middleware resources, such as a DB2® database.

The instances are displayed in a table. Use View By to show the instances by type.

Columns in the Instances table

Table 1. Columns in the Instances table
Column	Description
Instance Name	Name of the instance. The name of the instance is the software type followed by an underscore (_) and a string that begins with the value that is specified for software service instance name prefix field on the Add Template and Resource Pool page of the Resource Management task.To identify the instance that you created, you might use the information in the Created On and Created By columns, in addition to the name. For example, MQ_2 is the name given to the second instance for software type MQ.
Status	Status of the instance. If actions were performed, Status reflects the most recent action. For a complete history of actions, use the View action for the instance.
Sysplex.System	Sysplex and system on which the instance has been provisioned.
Software Type	Type of the instance.
Template Name	Name of the template that was used to create the instance.
Created On	Time and date that the instance was created.
Created By	User ID of the user who created the instance.

Actions for the instances

The actions are described in the following tables:

Targeted actions. Actions that apply to the selected items. To use a targeted action, you must select one or more items. See Table 2.
Table actions. Actions that apply to the entire table. No selection of table items is required. See Table 3.

Table 2. Targeted actions for the Instances table
Action	Description
View	Display the properties of a selected instance.
Perform	Select an item from the list to perform an action on the instance. These are the actions that are defined in the actions XML file for the instance. They may be either workflows, commands, or instructions for manually performing an action. They typically include a deprovision action.
Remove	Remove the instance from the software services registry. The status of the instance must be deprovisioned, deprovisioned-failed, or provisioned-failed.
Resume	Resume: Suspended provisioning of an instance. The suspended condition is reflected by Provisioning-Suspended in the State column. A suspended action. This is reflected by `action-name`-Suspended in the Last Action Status column. If neither the instance nor the last action is suspended, Resume is not available.
Change State	Change the state of an instance. Select a state from the list. You must be a domain administrator.

Table 3. Table actions for the Instances table
Action	Description
Select All	Select all of the items in the table.
Deselect All	Clear all of the items in the table.
Configure Columns	Select the columns to display in the table, specify the order of those columns, and designate which columns are fixed in position when the table is scrolled horizontally.
Hide Filter Row	Remove the filter row from view. If the filter row is displayed in the table, the Hide Filter Row action is listed. Otherwise, the Show Filter Row action is listed.
Show Filter Row	Display the filter row. If the filter row is displayed in the table, the Hide Filter Row action is listed. Otherwise, the Show Filter Row action is listed.
Clear Sorts	Clear the sort from all of the columns in the table. When you use this action, the column defaults to a descending sort.
Clear Search	Clear the search.