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Understanding The SAP System Instance

The SAP system instance is an administrative unit consisting of components like the dispatcher, work processes, and internet communication manager. The instance number specifies the last two digits of the four-digit port address used for communication with the dispatcher. Instances provide buffer areas and can be grouped together via transaction SMLG to allow more economic buffer setup and better performance through reduced swapping.

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Understanding The SAP System Instance

The SAP system instance is an administrative unit consisting of components like the dispatcher, work processes, and internet communication manager. The instance number specifies the last two digits of the four-digit port address used for communication with the dispatcher. Instances provide buffer areas and can be grouped together via transaction SMLG to allow more economic buffer setup and better performance through reduced swapping.

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Understanding the SAP system Instance

The instance of the SAP system is quite different from the familiar instance of the database
system. The instance of the SAP system can be defined as an administrative unit which consist
of different components that makes up the SAP system. These include the dispatcher, work
processes, internet communication manager, assigned memory structures and the gateway. The
SAP instance is configured using an instance profile.

Before the SAP instance can be started, the instance must have exactly one dispatcher and at
least two dialog work processes. The start of the corresponding dispatcher always precedes the
instance startup.

The instance number specifies the last two digit of the four digit port address. The port address
defines the address through which communication is made with the dispatcher of the specified
instance. The first and second of the four numbers is 32 and it is fixed. The default for the
instance number of a dispatcher is 00; hence, port number 3200 is assigned by default. Port
number can be between 3200 and 3299. In a case where you have more than one instances
running on a single host, the port address numbers 3200 and 3201 are assigned in that
sequence for subsequent instances. It is worth mentioning that although by default, 3298 and
3299 are assigned to the nipping and saprouter program, it is possible to change this
assignment.

Typically, the SAP system is made up of more than one assigned instances. By implication, these
instances provide buffer area for programs, screen structures, tables and dictionary objects. The
logon group functionality of the SAP system allows you to group instances together.

This capability is provided via transaction SMLG. The benefits of grouping instances are
enormous because it allows program buffers to be setup more economically and increases their
performance because less swapping occurs. During logon, an instance with the best
performance is selected for logon when using logon group.

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