[geeks] [rescue] Solaris 11 SMF oddity

[Edward Mitchell]

Sent from my iBrain.
> On Sep 9, 2017, at 15:36, Phil Stracchino <phils at caerllewys.net> wrote:
>
> I have a minor puzzle.  My X4540 rebooted itself yesterday.
>
> The first problem with this is that I haven't been able to figure out
> why, and it didn't log anything.  But it appears to have just possibly
> been something done (without asking for permission) by
> usr/lib/update-manager/update-refresh.sh.
>
> The second problem is that after it came back up, Bacula wasn't running,
> and with no evidence of anything wrong with it, wouldn't restart ...
> until I re-imported its manifest into SMF.
>
> It seems like SMF had the Bacula services in its running instance, but
> hadn't actually committed it.  So now I'm looking for a subcommand to
> tell svccfg to save or commit the imported service definitions ... and I
> can't find one.
>
>
> Does anyone else who runs Solaris 11 know if I'm missing something here?
>
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Hmm.  svccfg import should be all it takes.

What does svccfg show, if anything, for snapshots of the Bacula FMRI?

And no gripes about a busted boot archive on the reboot?

FWIW, I've had similar reboots on X3-2's due to silently intermittent power
supplies.