Link Service Group options

Last published : Jun 19, 2026
Use this wizard panel to add the selected service group as a child group to a parent service group.

Table: Link Service Group panel options

Field Description
Child Group Select the service group that you intend to define as the child service group.
Relationship Select the relationship that defines the relationship of the parent group with the state of the child group.
Online local -The parent group must wait for the child group to be brought online before it can start.
Offline local - The parent group can be started only if the child group is offline, and vice versa. This relationship prevents conflicting applications from running on the same system. You cannot specify any dependency type if you are using this relationship.
Online Remote - An instance of parent group depends on one or more instances of the child group being online on any system other than the system on which the parent is online. In this relationship, you cannot specify the dependency type as Hard.
Online Global - The child group must be online somewhere in the cluster before the parent group can come online. In this relationship, you cannot specify the dependency type as Hard.
Dependency Type Select the type of dependency that defines the rigidity of the link between the parent and the child groups. The available options are\:
Firm - The child group must be online before the parent group is brought online; the location of the dependency determines where the child group must be online.
Soft - The child group must be online before the parent group being brought online; the location of the dependency determines where the child group must be online. For example, in an online-local- soft dependency, an instance of the child group must be online on the same system before the parent group can come online.
Hard - The child
and the parent groups fail over to the same system together when either the child or the
parent faults.
More Information
Linking service groups in a cluster