Multiple TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Systems in an Enterprise

Multiple TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM systems can be installed in the same TIBCO ActiveMatrix enterprise.

If a TIBCO ActiveMatrix enterprise is managed by a version 3.3 (or later) TIBCO ActiveMatrix Administrator server, multiple TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM systems (version 2.2 or later) can be installed:

• in the same TIBCO ActiveMatrix environment, or in separate TIBCO ActiveMatrix environments.
• on the same physical machine or on different physical machines.
• using any combination of basic or distributed architectures - see TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM Architecture
• on the same TIBCO Host instance or on different TIBCO Host instances.
  Warning: TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM systems that share a TIBCO Host instance cannot be independently lifecycled or upgraded at the host level. For example, if (on a Microsoft Windows system) the TIBCO Host instance is installed as a service, stopping that service would stop all TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM systems hosted by that service.

  As a result, TIBCO recommends that each discrete BPM system use its own set of TIBCO Host instances. (If BPM systems need to share a TIBCO Host instance, they must be upgraded at the same time.)

When multiple TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM systems are installed in the same TIBCO ActiveMatrix enterprise, the following rules must be observed:

• Each instance of the TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM application must have a unique name within a TIBCO ActiveMatrix environment. This name identifies that TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM system within that TIBCO ActiveMatrix environment. (The combination of the environment name and application name uniquely identifies that TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM system within the TIBCO ActiveMatrix enterprise.)
• A TIBCO ActiveMatrix node can only host a single TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM system (or part of a distributed TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM system).