In Oracle Solaris, all naming services are now managed by the Service Management Facility (SMF). Configuration information is no longer stored in configuration files but in the SMF repository. Refer to the individual chapters in this guide for more information about how SMF works with a specific naming service.
Legacy configuration files are retained in this Oracle Solaris release only for purposes of compatibility with previous Oracle Solaris releases. Their contents are generated by the SMF service that is relevant to the specific naming service. You should no longer use these files for naming service configuration. Instead, you must use the general SMF commands such as svcs, svcadm, and svccfg.
When you upgrade from Oracle Solaris 10 to Oracle Solaris 11 and its update releases, the system's name service configuration is automatically migrated to SMF. However, if necessary, manual migration can be performed by using the nscfg command. For more information, refer to the nscfg (1M) man page.