The relative location of the parent and child service groups determines whether the dependency between them is a local, global, remote or site.
Table: Dependency location shows the dependency locations for local, global, remote and site dependencies.
Table: Dependency location
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Dependency
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Relative location of the parent and child service groups |
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Local dependency
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The parent group depends on the child group being online or offline on the same system.
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Global dependency
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An instance of the parent group depends on one or more instances of the child group being online on any system in the cluster.
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Remote dependency
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An instance of the parent group depends on one or more instances of the child group being online on any system in the cluster other than the system on which the parent is online.
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Site dependency
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An instance of the parent group depends on one or more instances of
the child group being online on any system in the same site.
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