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Service Definitions

When you have populated the system images with resources, you can define the services provided by them. A service comprises resources and other services as members. A service can include resources that reside on other systems.

You specify how the status of a member affects the provision of the service. The failure of some members can stop a service, while the failure of other members might only degrade the service.

You specify the availability of the service by using an availability map. The availability is defined in terms of the time on the service automation focal point system. In a multisystem environment, you specify a system as the focal point system, and the scheduled times refer to the local times for that system. If the map schedules the starting of processes, the processes are started in the region on that system only.