Additional considerations for disabling resources

Following are the additional considerations for disabling resources:

This section shows how a service group containing disabled resources is brought online.

Figure: Scenario: Transaction not propagated to the disabled resource (Resource_3) shows Resource_3 is disabled. When the service group is brought online, the only resources brought online by VCS are Resource_1 and Resource_2 (Resource_2 is brought online first) because VCS recognizes Resource_3 is disabled. In accordance with online logic, the transaction is not propagated to the disabled resource.

Figure: Scenario: Transaction not propagated to the disabled resource (Resource_3)

Scenario: Transaction not propagated to the disabled resource (Resource_3)

Figure: Scenario: Child of the disabled resource (Resource_3) is brought online, shows that Resource_2 is disabled. When the service group is brought online, resources 1, 3, 4 are also brought online (Resource_4 is brought online first). Note Resource_3, the child of the disabled resource, is brought online because Resource_1 is enabled and is dependent on it.

Figure: Scenario: Child of the disabled resource (Resource_3) is brought online

Scenario: Child of the disabled resource (Resource_3) is brought online