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About This Book

1.  Locating Information About Oracle Solaris Commands

2.  Managing User Accounts and Groups (Overview)

3.  Managing User Accounts and Groups (Tasks)

4.  Booting and Shutting Down an Oracle Solaris System

What's New in Booting and Shutting Down a System?

Support for Administratively Provided driver.conf Files

Bitmapped Console

Boot and Shutdown Progress Animation

Fast Reboot

x86: Removal of Support for 32-Bit Kernel

Booting and Shutting Down an Oracle Solaris System (Overview)

GRUB Based Booting

Management of Boot Services by the Service Management Facility

Booting a System to a Specified State (Task Map)

Booting a System to a Specified State (Run Level)

Determining a System's Current Run Level

SPARC: How to Boot a System to a Multiuser State (Run Level 3)

x86: How to Boot a System to a Single-User State (Run Level S)

Shutting Down a System (Task Map)

Shutting Down a System

How to Shut Down a System by Using the shutdown Command

Bringing a System to a Shutdown State (Run Level 0) by Using the init Command

How to Shut Down a System by Using the init Command

Booting a System From the Network

Accelerating the Reboot Process (Task Map)

Accelerating the Reboot Process

How to Initiate a Fast Reboot of a SPARC Based System

How to Initiate a Fast Reboot of an x86 Based System

Changing the Default Behavior of the Fast Reboot Feature

Initiating a Standard Reboot of a System That Has Fast Reboot Enabled

Booting From a ZFS Boot Environment (Task Map)

SPARC: Booting From a ZFS Boot Environment

SPARC: How to Display a List of Available Boot Environments During the Boot Sequence

SPARC: How to Boot From a ZFS Boot Environment or Root File System

Modifying Boot Parameters (Task Map)

Modifying Boot Parameters

SPARC: How to Determine the Default Boot Device

SPARC: How to Change the Default Boot Device by Using the Boot PROM

x86: How to Modify Boot Parameters by Using the eeprom Command

x86: How to Modify Boot Parameters at Boot Time

Adding a Linux Entry to the GRUB Menu After an Installation

Keeping a System Bootable (Task Map)

Keeping a System Bootable

Determining Whether the boot-archive SMF Service Is Running

How to Clear a Failed Automatic Boot Archive Update by Manually Updating the Boot Archive

x86: How to Clear a Failed Automatic Boot Archive Update by Using the auto-reboot-safe Property

Where to Find More Information About Booting and Shutting Down a System

5.  Working With Oracle Configuration Manager

6.  Managing Services (Overview)

7.  Managing Services (Tasks)

8.  Using the Fault Manager

9.  Managing System Information (Tasks)

10.  Managing System Processes (Tasks)

11.  Monitoring System Performance (Tasks)

12.  Managing Software Packages (Tasks)

13.  Managing Disk Use (Tasks)

14.  Scheduling System Tasks (Tasks)

15.  Setting Up and Administering Printers by Using CUPS (Tasks)

16.  Managing the System Console, Terminal Devices, and Power Services (Tasks)

17.  Managing System Crash Information (Tasks)

18.  Managing Core Files (Tasks)

19.  Troubleshooting System and Software Problems (Tasks)

20.  Troubleshooting Miscellaneous System and Software Problems (Tasks)

Index

Booting From a ZFS Boot Environment (Task Map)

The following procedures describe how to boot from a ZFS boot environment or root file system on the SPARC and x86 platforms.

For detailed information about managing boot environments, see Creating and Administering Oracle Solaris 11 Boot Environments.

Table 4-5 Booting From a ZFS Boot Environment: Task Map

Task
Description
For Instructions
Display a list of boot environments and datasets during the boot sequence on a SPARC based system.
To display a list of boot environments that are on a system during the boot sequence, specify the -L option with the boot command.
Boot from a specified boot environment, dataset, or root file system on a SPARC based system.
Use the boot -Z option to boot a specified ZFS boot environment, snapshot, or dataset.

Note - This option is only supported for boot devices that contain a ZFS pool.