If two service groups in a virtual business service have a VCS-level dependency set between them, this dependency is represented as VCS type dependency in the virtual business service. VCS-level dependencies between two participating service groups are visible in a virtual business service, but there is no action taken on the dependency by the VBS daemon. The dependency is used by the VBS daemon only to determining the start or stop order. Therefore, the behavior for this dependency is identical to that of the SOFT dependency type.

Note that the custom script execution feature is not supported for VCS-level dependency child tiers.

VBS configuration does not allow you to change VCS-level dependencies from Veritas Operations Manager. When VCS-level dependencies exist, they are given higher precedence than VBS-type dependencies.