Creating an engine group

Open the Engine Groups folder.
Select File | New | Engine Group.
Follow the instructions of the wizard.

The Engine Group Creation wizard asks for the following information:

**Table 30-1: Inputs to Engine Group Creation wizard**
Input	Description
Name	Name for the new engine group.
Engines	The Adaptive Server engines to put in the engine group.

The number of available engines is controlled by the Adaptive Server configuration parameters max available engines and min available engines and is limited by the number of CPUs on the machine Adaptive Server is running on.

Shortcut

Select the Engine Groups folder. In the right pane double-click the Add Engine Group icon.