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Restricting Simultaneous Activation of Services

A mutex group defines a set of services that are mutually exclusive—services that the SAE cannot simultaneously activate for a particular subscriber. You can assign a service to more than one mutex group. When a subscriber requests activation of a particular service, the SAE determines which mutex groups contain that service. If the subscriber has current activations of other services listed in those mutex groups, the SAE proceeds in one of the following ways, depending on how you configured the mutex groups:

If the requested service is not listed in a mutex group, the SAE can activate the service regardless of any other services that the subscriber is using.

Restricting Simultaneous Activation of Persistent or Automatic Services

The SAE uses the following method to prevent simultaneous activation of mutually exclusive services that are configured for persistent activation or that are activated automatically when a subscriber logs in:

  1. If you (or a subscriber) persistently activate an existing service or change a subscription to activate an existing service when a subscriber logs in, the SAE checks whether the service is specified in one or more mutex groups.
  2. The SAE determines how each mutex group that lists the service is configured, and the SRC software acts accordingly.

Adding a Mutex Group

To add a mutex group:

  1. In the SDX Admin navigation pane, highlight Services, and right-click.
  2. Select New > Mutex Group.

The New Mutex Group dialog box appears.

  1. Enter a name for the mutex group, and click OK.
  2. Select either true or false for Auto Deactivate.

An object for the new mutex group appears in the navigation pane, and basic details for the new mutex group appear in the Main tab of the Mutex Group pane.

  1. Use the field descriptions in Mutex Group Fields to configure the mutex group, and then click Save.

Mutex Group Fields

Use the fields in this section to configure mutex groups.

Auto Deactivate

Description

Services

For information about adding services to mutex groups, see Adding Services to a Mutex Group.

Adding Services to a Mutex Group

You can add multiple services to a mutex group.

NOTE: You must define the service before you can add it to a mutex group. For information about defining services, see Adding Services.


To add a service:

  1. Click the magnifying glass below the Services field in the Main tab of the Mutex Group pane.

The Select Object window appears.

  1. Select the services.

You can shift-click or control-click services to select multiple options.

  1. Click OK.

The services appear in the Mutex Group pane.

  1. Click Add.

The services appear in the Services field of the Mutex Group pane.


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