View Types

This appendix details the node kinds and relationships that Lifecycle Management uses to build and maintain items according to each of its view types. Node kinds are listed along with the specifications for relationship that can be followed from them. At least one node of each kind marked "required" must be present for an item of a given view type to be considered to be built.

Direct Application to Host Dependencies

Builds direct dependencies between BusinessApplicationInstance and Host nodes to highlight application-host mappings. The item can include the following node kinds and relationships attached to them:

BusinessApplicationInstance (required):
RunningSoftware:HostedSoftware:Host:Host
Host (required):
End of item

Full Application and Software Dependencies on Host and Cluster

Builds dependencies between BusinessApplicationInstance and Host nodes incorporating running software, containment, clustering and virtualization. The item can include the following node kinds and relationships attached to them:

BusinessApplicationInstance (required):
Dependant:Dependency:DependedUpon:BusinessApplicationInstance
SoftwareContainer:SoftwareContainment:ContainedSoftware:SoftwareInstance
SoftwareContainer:SoftwareContainment:ContainedSoftware:BusinessApplicationInstance
SoftwareInstance:
Dependant:Dependency:DependedUpon:SoftwareInstance
RunningSoftware:HostedSoftware:Host:Host
SoftwareContainer:SoftwareContainment:ContainedSoftware:SoftwareInstance
Host (required):
ContainedHost:HostContainment:HostContainer:Cluster
ContainedHost:HostContainment:HostContainer:SoftwareInstance
ContainedHost:HostContainment:HostContainer:HostContainer
HostContainer:
End of item
Cluster:
Service:SoftwareService:ServiceProvider:SoftwareInstance

Host Only

Builds dependencies consisting only of Host nodes, regardless of software or applications that run on them. The items can include the following node kinds and relationships attached to them:

Host (required):
End of item

Full software dependencies on host and cluster

Builds items that trace out the dependency relationships from software to the hosts, clusters and host containers on which it runs. It is identical to the Full Application and Software Dependencies on Host and Cluster view except that the items it creates do not include or require BusinessApplicationInstances.

The view type constructs items from the following node kinds and relationships from them:

SoftwareInstance:
Dependant:Dependency:DependedUpon:SoftwareInstance 
    RunningSoftware:HostedSoftware:Host:Host
SoftwareContainer:SoftwareContainment:ContainedSoftware:SoftwareInstance 
Host:
ContainedHost:HostContainment:HostContainer:Cluster 
ContainedHost:HostContainment:HostContainer:SoftwareInstance 
ContainedHost:HostContainment:HostContainer:HostContainer 
HostContainer: 
    No further components
Cluster:
    No further components

Each item's component nodes have kinds that match the following order:
SoftwareInstance > ... > Host

Virtual host to physical host

Builds items containing virtual hosts, the virtualisation software on which they depend, and in turn the physical host on which that runs. Views containing such items can be used to monitor the underlying dependencies of your virtualised infrastructure and constrain virtual machine sprawl.