Linking resources in a service group

Last published : Jun 19, 2026
In the Management Server console, you can create links (dependencies) between two resources of a service group. When you create a link between two resources, you need to designate one resource as the parent resource and the other one as a child resource. The child resource must come online before the parent resource.
The parent resource of one dependency can be the child resource of another dependency. In a service group, several parent-child dependencies exist to support a single application resource. In a dependency diagram, this application resource occupies the apex of the diagram.
To perform this task, your user group must be assigned the Admin role on the service group or the Availability perspective. The permission on the service group may be explicitly assigned or inherited from a parent Organization or cluster.
To link resources with a parent-child dependency
  1. In the Management Server console, go to the Availability perspective and selectManage in the left pane.
  2. Expand the Organization or Uncategorized Clusters to locate the cluster.
  3. Expand the cluster, the Service Groups node, the service group, and then the resource type to locate the resource.
  4. Right-click on the required resource and select Link/Unlink Resources.
  5. In the Resource Dependencies panel, Select the parent and the child resources, and select Link. Click** OK**.
  6. In the Result panel, click OK.
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