Applying Lifecycle Models to Virtual Types

You can configure a virtual type to follow the same lifecycle model as its base type or you can give the virtual type its own lifecycle model to follow. Whether a virtual type follows the lifecycle model of its base type is determined by the type's Inherit Base Type LCM setting.

When the Inherit Base Type LCM option is enabled for a virtual type, the virtual type automatically inherits its lifecycle model from the base type if the virtual type does not have an assigned lifecycle model of its own. (In other words, the lifecycle model for the base type serves as the default lifecycle model for the virtual type. CentraSite applies the lifecycle model of the base type to the virtual type only when the virtual type has no other lifecycle model assigned to it.)

If the "Inherit Base Type LCM" option is...	And the Base Type...	And the Virtual Type...	Instances of the Virtual Type...
ENABLED	HAS an assigned lifecycle model	DOES NOT HAVE an assigned lifecycle model	Will follow the lifecycle model assigned to the Base Type
ENABLED	HAS an assigned lifecycle model	HAS an assigned lifecycle model	Will follow the lifecycle model assigned to the Virtual Type
ENABLED	DOES NOT HAVE an assigned lifecycle model	DOES NOT HAVE an assigned lifecycle model	Will not have an assigned lifecycle model
ENABLED	DOES NOT HAVE an assigned lifecycle model	HAS an assigned lifecycle model	Will follow the lifecycle model assigned to the Virtual Type
DISABLED	HAS an assigned lifecycle model	DOES NOT HAVE an assigned lifecycle model	Will not have an assigned lifecycle model
DISABLED	HAS an assigned lifecycle model	HAS an assigned lifecycle model	Will follow the lifecycle model assigned to the Virtual Type
DISABLED	DOES NOT HAVE an assigned lifecycle model	DOES NOT HAVE an assigned lifecycle model	Will not have an assigned lifecycle model
DISABLED	DOES NOT HAVE an assigned lifecycle model	HAS an assigned lifecycle model	Will follow the lifecycle model assigned to the Virtual Type

Note:

If a virtual type initially inherits its lifecycle model from the base type and it later it is assigned its own lifecycle model, instances of the virtual type that were created while the type was following the lifecycle model of the base type will continue following that model. Only instances of the virtual type that are created after the new lifecycle model is assigned to the virtual type will comply with the virtual type's newly assigned lifecycle model.

For more information about virtual types and the Inherit Base Type LCM option, see the Configuring Inheritance for Base Type Profiles, LCMs, and Policies. For information about which predefined types in CentraSite are virtual types, see Predefined Asset Types in CentraSite.