Implementing Services › Service Definition Panels › General Description › How You Specify the Availability of the Service and Its Members

How You Specify the Availability of the Service and Its Members

You can use an availability map to define the changes to the normal availability of the service.

In a multisystem environment, you specify a system as the service automation focal point system. The scheduled times refer to the local times on that system. If the map schedules the starting of processes, the processes are started in the region on that system only.

To attach an existing map, enter the name of the map in the Availability Map field. Press F10 (Edit Map) to update the timer details.

Note: You can create a map from the service definition. You can name a new map and define it, or access an existing map, change the name, and update the copy. The map is created in the knowledge base when you save the definition.

The availability of a service overrides the availability of its members. If a member always operates as part of a service, you can let the service handle the availability of that member.

To let the service control the availability of a member, set the desired state of the member to INACTIVE:

• If the default desired state is ACTIVE, attach the member to an availability map that specifies an INACTIVE desired state for all times.
• If the default desired state is INACTIVE, you do not need to attach an availability map to the member. The member is desired inactive by default.

Important! The default desired state is set in the AUTOIDS parameter group during region initialization. After it is set, do not change the default because the availability requirements defined in the knowledge base are based on this default. The Parameter Groups panel lists the region parameter groups. Enter the /PARMS shortcut to access the panel.