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CI Relationship Types

CA SDM provides a list of predefined relationship types that can be used to describe a relationship or association between configuration items. How the relationship is expressed depends on which configuration item is the focus. For example, a provider supports a dependent configuration item, but the dependent is supported by the provider. These are different expressions of the same relationship, and the relationship type label that you see depends on whether you are viewing a provider-to-dependent or a dependent-to-provider relationship.

Note: For information about the relationship types provided by CA CMDB, see the CA CMDB Technical Reference Guide.