In OEM Grid Control, aggregate service targets also provide a mechanism to model a hierarchy of business services. An aggregate service target can be defined based on other service targets including aggregate services. This capability is useful in modeling a hierarchy of business services.
A hierarchy of service targets can effectively model a complex suite of applications, each providing different business services. Such a model captures the relationships between the individual services and the underlying infrastructure as well as the relationships between various business services. Some of the best practices for modeling a hierarchy of business services are as follows:
The leaf nodes of a hierarchy of services must be a non-aggregate service target, such as generic service, web application, or a forms application. The leaf node provides a mapping between the business functions and the underlying IT infrastructure through...