RelationshipTypes

Article
05/16/2012

Applies To: Operations Manager 2007 R2, System Center Operations Manager 2007

Contains definitions of relationship types between class types.

Schema Hierarchy

ManagementPack
  TypeDefinitions
    EntityTypes
      RelationshipTypes

Syntax

<RelationshipTypes>
   <RelationshipType>…</RelationshipType>
<RelationshipTypes>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and the parent element of the RelationshipType element.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element	Description
RelationshipType	Optional element. Represents a relationship type definition in the management pack.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
EntityTypes	Contains class and relationship type definitions.

Example

The following sample illustrates how relationship types are defined within a management pack. All of the relationship types implement System.Hosting as a base class, thus specifying a hosting relationship between the Source and the Target classes.

System.Hosting is defined in the external System.Library management pack using the Alias!ElementID notation. For more information about how to reference an external management pack by using the Alias!ElementID notation, see Reference (Manifest).

<RelationshipTypes>
  <RelationshipType ID="Microsoft.Windows.ComputerHostsComputerRole" Base="System!System.Hosting" Accessibility="Public">
    <Source>Microsoft.Windows.Computer</Source>
    <Target>Microsoft.Windows.ComputerRole</Target>
  </RelationshipType>
  <RelationshipType ID="Microsoft.Windows.ComputerHostsLocalApplication" Base="System!System.Hosting" Accessibility="Public">
    <Source>Microsoft.Windows.Computer</Source>
    <Target>Microsoft.Windows.LocalApplication</Target>
  </RelationshipType>
  <RelationshipType ID="Microsoft.Windows.ComputerHostsLogicalDevice" Base="System!System.Hosting" Accessibility="Public">
    <Source>Microsoft.Windows.Computer</Source>
    <Target>Microsoft.Windows.LogicalDevice</Target>
  </RelationshipType>
  <RelationshipType ID="Microsoft.Windows.ComputerHostsOperatingSystem" Base="System!System.Hosting" Accessibility="Public">
    <Source>Microsoft.Windows.Computer</Source>
    <Target>Microsoft.Windows.OperatingSystem</Target>
  </RelationshipType>
  <RelationshipType ID="Microsoft.Windows.ComputerHostsSoftwareInstallation" Base="System!System.Hosting" Accessibility="Public">
    <Source>Microsoft.Windows.Computer</Source>
    <Target>Microsoft.Windows.SoftwareInstallation</Target>
  </RelationshipType>
</RelationshipTypes>