About parallel parent / failover child

Table: Service group dependency configurations: Failover parent / Failover child shows service group dependencies for parallel parent / failover child.

Online local dependencies between parallel parent groups and failover child groups are not supported.

Table: Service group dependency configurations: Parallel parent / Failover child

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Parallel parent instances depend on ...

Parallel parent instances are online if ...

If failover child faults on a system, then ...

If parallel parent faults, then ...

online global soft

Failover Child group online somewhere in the cluster.

Failover Child is online somewhere in the cluster.

Parent remains online.

Child remains online

online global firm

Failover Child group somewhere in the cluster.

Failover Child is online somewhere in the cluster.

All instances of Parent taken offline.

After Child fails over, Parent instances are failed over or restarted on the same systems.

Child stays online.

online remote soft

Failover Child group on another system.

Failover Child is online on another system.

If Child fails over to system on which Parent is online, Parent fails over to other systems.

If Child fails over to another system, Parent remains online.

Child remains online. Parent tries to fail over to another system where child is not online.

online remote firm

Failover Child group on another system.

Failover Child is online on another system.

All instances of Parent taken offline.

If Child fails over to system on which Parent was online, Parent fails over to other systems.

If Child fails over to another system, Parent brought online on same systems.

Child remains online. Parent tries to fail over to another system where child is not online.

offline local

Failover Child offline on same system.

Failover Child is not online on same system.

Parent remains online if Child fails over to another system.

Child fails over to another system if Parent is online on the system. Parent is brought offline. Then, Parent fails over to the other system.

Child remains online.