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Booting and Shutting Down Oracle
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Chapter 1 Overview of Booting and Shutting Down a System
What's New in Booting and Shutting Down a System
Guidelines for Booting a System
Overview of the Oracle Solaris Boot Architecture
About Oracle Solaris Boot Archives
Description of the Boot Process
x86: Differences Between UEFI and BIOS Boot Methods
x86: Creating Boot Partitions That Support Systems With UEFI and BIOS Firmware
Service Management Facility and Booting
Milestone and Error Level Options for Booting
Changes in Boot Behavior When Using SMF
Chapter 2 x86: Administering the GRand Unified Bootloader
x86: Introducing GRUB 2
x86: Description of the GRUB 2 Configuration
x86: GRUB 2 Partition and Device Naming Scheme
x86: GRUB 2 and GRUB Legacy Task Comparison
x86: Administering the GRUB Configuration by Using the bootadm Command
x86: Password-Protecting the GRUB Menu
x86: Granting Users Authorizations to Access the GRUB Menu
x86: Displaying the GRUB Menu or Specific Menu Entries
x86: How to Manually Regenerate the GRUB Menu
x86: How to Change the GRUB Menu
x86: How to Set Attributes for a Specified Boot Entry in the GRUB Menu
x86: How to Add a Boot Entry to the GRUB Menu
x86: How to Remove a Boot Entry From the GRUB Menu
x86: Adding Kernel Arguments by Editing the GRUB Menu at Boot Time
x86: Adding –B prop=val Kernel Arguments at Boot Time by Editing the GRUB Menu
Redirecting the Oracle Solaris Console at Boot Time
x86: Customizing the GRUB Configuration
x86: Upgrading Your GRUB Legacy System to a Release That Supports GRUB 2
x86: How to Upgrade Your GRUB Legacy System to a Release That Supports GRUB 2
x86: How GRUB Legacy Menu Entries Are Migrated to GRUB 2
x86: Maintaining GRUB 2 and GRUB Legacy Boot Environments on the Same System
x86: Advanced GRUB Administration and Troubleshooting
x86: Installing GRUB 2 by Using the bootadm install-bootloader Command
x86: How to Install the Boot Loader
x86: How to Install GRUB in a Location Other Than the Default Location
x86: Installing GRUB Legacy on a System That Has GRUB 2 Installed
x86: How to Install GRUB Legacy on a System That Has GRUB 2 Installed
Chapter 3 Shutting Down a System
Shutting Down a System
Guidelines for Shutting Down a System
System Shutdown Commands
Shutting Down a System
How to Determine Who Is Logged in to the System
How to Shut Down a System by Using the shutdown Command
How to Shut Down a Stand-Alone System by Using the init Command
Turning Off Power to System Devices
Chapter 4 Booting a System
Displaying and Setting Boot Attributes
SPARC: Displaying and Setting Boot Attributes by Using the OpenBoot PROM
SPARC: How to Identify the PROM Revision Number of a System
SPARC: How to Identify Devices on a System
SPARC: How to Determine the Default Boot Device
SPARC: How to Change the Default Boot Device by Using the Boot PROM
Working With EEPROM Parameters
EEPROM Parameters on UEFI Systems
Viewing EEPROM Parameters
SPARC: How to Set a Boot Attribute
How to Delete a UEFI EEPROM Parameter
x86: Managing Shutdown Animation Through SMF
Booting a System
How Run Levels Work
What Happens When a System Is Booted to a Multiuser State (Run Level 3)
When to Use Run Levels or Milestones
Determining a System's Current Run Level
How to Boot a System to a Multiuser State (Run Level 3)
How to Boot a System to a Single-User State (Run Level S)
How to Boot a System Interactively
Booting From an Alternate Operating System or Boot Environment
SPARC: How to Boot From an Alternate Operating System or Boot Environment
x86: How to Boot From an Alternate Operating System or Boot Environment
Rebooting a System
How to Reboot a System by Using the init Command
How to Reboot a System by Using the reboot Command
Accelerating the Reboot Process
x86: About the quiesce Function
How to Initiate a Fast Reboot of a System
x86: Initiating a Fast Reboot of a System to a Newly Activated Boot Environment
Changing the Default Fast Reboot Behavior
Initiating a Standard Reboot of a System That Has Fast Reboot Enabled
Chapter 5 Booting a System From the Network
SPARC: Booting a System From the Network
SPARC: Network Boot Processes
SPARC: Requirements for Booting a System From the Network
SPARC: Setting Network Boot Arguments in the OpenBoot PROM
SPARC: How to Specify Network Boot Arguments in the OpenBoot PROM
SPARC: Setting Up an NVRAM Alias to Automatically Boot by Using DHCP
SPARC: How to Boot a System From the Network
x86: Booting a System From the Network
x86: Requirements for Booting a System From the Network
x86: Where the GRUB 2 PXE Boot Image Is Installed
x86: Booting Systems With UEFI and BIOS Firmware From the Network
x86: How to Boot a System From the Network
Chapter 6 Managing Systems with Boot Pools
Overview of Booting From Firmware-Inaccessible Storage Devices
Managing a Boot Pool, Boot Pool Datasets and Fallback Images
How to Retain the Ability to Boot a BE
Changing the Eviction Behavior for All Boot Pool Datasets
How to Make a BE Bootable
How to Update the Fallback Image
OpenBoot Properties in Oracle Solaris 11.3
os-root-device Variable
How to Enable Normal Booting
Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Booting a System
Managing the Oracle Solaris Boot Archives
How to List Contents of the Boot Archive
Managing the boot-archive SMF Service
How to Enable or Disable the boot-archive SMF Service
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 on a System That Does Not Support Fast Reboot
Shutting Down and Booting a System for Recovery Purposes
SPARC: How to Stop a System for Recovery Purposes
x86: How to Stop and Reboot a System for Recovery Purposes
How to Boot to a Single-User State to Resolve a Bad root Shell or Password Problem
How to Boot From Media to Resolve an Unknown root Password
x86: How to Boot From Media to Resolve a Problem With the GRUB Configuration That Prevents the System From Booting
Forcing a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System
SPARC: How to Force a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System
x86: How to Force a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System
Booting a System With the Kernel Debugger (kmdb) Enabled
SPARC: How to Boot a System With the Kernel Debugger (kmdb) Enabled
x86: How to Boot a System With the Kernel Debugger (kmdb) Enabled
x86: Troubleshooting Issues With Fast Reboot
x86: Debugging Early Panics That Might Occur
x86: Conditions Under Which Fast Reboot Might Not Work
Troubleshooting Issues With Booting and the Service Management Facility
Problems Booting After an Installation
Appendix A Oracle Solaris Boot Process
Changes to the Boot Process
Booting From a Fallback Image
Index
Index A
Index B
Index C
Index D
Index E
Index F
Index G
Index H
Index I
Index K
Index M
Index N
Index P
Index Q
Index R
Index S
Index T
Index U
Index V
Index W
Index X
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Index
A
adding
GRUB menu entries
How to Add a Boot Entry to the GRUB Menu
administering GRUB
bootadm
command
Administering the GRUB Configuration by Using the bootadm Command
overview
Administering the GRand Unified Bootloader
advanced GRUB administration
Advanced GRUB Administration and Troubleshooting
alternate boot environment
initiating Fast Reboot
Initiating a Fast Reboot of a System While Specifying an Alternate Boot Environment
auto_boot
EEPROM parameter
setting
Setting the auto_boot Parameter
B
banner
command (PROM)
How to Identify the PROM Revision Number of a System
boot attributes (x86 platforms)
changing at boot time
Adding Kernel Arguments by Editing the GRUB Menu at Boot Time
boot behavior
how to modify in GRUB menu
How to Boot From an Alternate Operating System or Boot Environment
boot device order
setting
Setting a Parameter on a UEFI Enabled System
boot environment
initiating Fast Reboot
Initiating a Fast Reboot of a System to a Newly Activated Boot Environment
initiating Fast Reboot of alternate
Initiating a Fast Reboot of a System While Specifying an Alternate Boot Environment
boot-args
EEPROM parameter
setting
Setting Kernel Boot Arguments
bootadm generate-menu
grub.cfg
file regeneration
How to Manually Regenerate the GRUB Menu
bootadm set-menu
example
How to Change the GRUB Menu
bootadm
command
adding GRUB menu entries
How to Add a Boot Entry to the GRUB Menu
administering GRUB
Administering the GRUB Configuration by Using the bootadm Command
removing GRUB menu entries
How to Remove a Boot Entry From the GRUB Menu
setting GRUB menu entries
How to Set Attributes for a Specified Boot Entry in the GRUB Menu
subcommands
Administering the GRUB Configuration by Using the bootadm Command
booting
guidelines
Guidelines for Booting a System
interactively (how to)
How to Boot a System Interactively
to run level 3 (multiuser)
How to Boot a System to a Multiuser State (Run Level 3)
to run level S
How to Boot a System to a Single-User State (Run Level S)
x86 system from the network
Booting a System From the Network
BootOrder
EEPROM parameter
setting
Setting a Parameter on a UEFI Enabled System
C
chainloader entries
GRUB menu
How GRUB Legacy Menu Entries Are Migrated to GRUB 2
changing
UEFI parameters
EEPROM Parameters on UEFI Systems
clean shutdown
System Shutdown Commands
command for administering GRUB
bootadm
Administering the GRUB Configuration by Using the bootadm Command
comparing GRUB 2 to GRUB Legacy
GRUB 2 and GRUB Legacy Task Comparison
conditions that prevent Fast Reboot from working
troubleshooting
Conditions Under Which Fast Reboot Might Not Work
configuration file
GRUB 2
grub.cfg
Description of the GRUB 2 Configuration
console device
setting
Setting Parameters for the Console Device
console EEPROM parameter
viewing
Viewing a Specific EEPROM Parameter
console
EEPROM parameter
setting
Setting Parameters for the Console Device
conversion from GRUB Legacy to GRUB 2
How GRUB Legacy Menu Entries Are Migrated to GRUB 2
crash dump and reboot of a system
forcing
Forcing a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System
custom.cfg
GRUB configuration
customizing
Customizing the GRUB Configuration
customizing GRUB configuration
custom.cfg
Customizing the GRUB Configuration
D
dataset selection
initiating with fast boot
Initiating a Fast Reboot of a Mounted Disk or a Mounted Dataset
debugging
early panics with Fast Reboot
Debugging Early Panics That Might Occur
issues with Fast Reboot
Troubleshooting Issues With Fast Reboot
default run level
How Run Levels Work
deleting
UEFI parameters
How to Delete a UEFI EEPROM Parameter
determining
run level (how to)
Determining a System's Current Run Level
device drivers
quiesce
function
About the quiesce Function
device naming scheme
GRUB 2
GRUB 2 Partition and Device Naming Scheme
disk selection
initiating with fast boot
Initiating a Fast Reboot of a Mounted Disk or a Mounted Dataset
E
early panics
debugging
Fast Reboot
Debugging Early Panics That Might Occur
editing
GRUB menu at boot time
Adding Kernel Arguments by Editing the GRUB Menu at Boot Time
EEPROM parameters
setting kernel boot arguments
Setting Kernel Boot Arguments
setting one
Setting the auto_boot Parameter
viewing all
Viewing All EEPROM Parameters
viewing all UEFI
Viewing All UEFI EEPROM Parameters
viewing one
Viewing a Specific EEPROM Parameter
eeprom
command
deleting UEFI parameters
How to Delete a UEFI EEPROM Parameter
overview
Working With EEPROM Parameters
setting parameters
How to Set a Boot Attribute
–u
option
EEPROM Parameters on UEFI Systems
viewing parameters
Viewing EEPROM Parameters
enabling
kmdb
troubleshooting
How to Boot a System With the Kernel Debugger (kmdb) Enabled
F
Fast Reboot
initiating
How to Initiate a Fast Reboot of a System
initiating to an activated boot environment
Initiating a Fast Reboot of a System to a Newly Activated Boot Environment
quiesce
function
About the quiesce Function
troubleshooting conditions that might prevent a fast reboot
Conditions Under Which Fast Reboot Might Not Work
troubleshooting issues with
Troubleshooting Issues With Fast Reboot
forcing a crash dump and reboot
halt
–d
Forcing a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System by Using the halt d Command
troubleshooting
Forcing a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System
G
GRand Unified Bootloader
See
GRUB
GRUB
administration overview
Administering the GRand Unified Bootloader
advanced administration
Advanced GRUB Administration and Troubleshooting
customizing configuration
Customizing the GRUB Configuration
GRUB 2
compared to GRUB Legacy
GRUB 2 and GRUB Legacy Task Comparison
configuration file
Description of the GRUB 2 Configuration
how GRUB Legacy information is converted
How GRUB Legacy Menu Entries Are Migrated to GRUB 2
maintaining with GRUB Legacy
Maintaining GRUB 2 and GRUB Legacy Boot Environments on the Same System
naming scheme
GRUB 2 Partition and Device Naming Scheme
overview
Introducing GRUB 2
upgrading from GRUB Legacy
Upgrading Your GRUB Legacy System to a Release That Supports GRUB 2
GRUB 2 menu
chainloading
How GRUB Legacy Menu Entries Are Migrated to GRUB 2
GRUB Legacy
compared to GRUB 2
GRUB 2 and GRUB Legacy Task Comparison
conversion to GRUB 2
How GRUB Legacy Menu Entries Are Migrated to GRUB 2
maintaining with GRUB 2
Maintaining GRUB 2 and GRUB Legacy Boot Environments on the Same System
upgrading to GRUB 2
Upgrading Your GRUB Legacy System to a Release That Supports GRUB 2
GRUB menu
editing at boot time
Adding Kernel Arguments by Editing the GRUB Menu at Boot Time
maintaining
How to Change the GRUB Menu
regenerating manually
How to Manually Regenerate the GRUB Menu
GRUB menu entries
adding
How to Add a Boot Entry to the GRUB Menu
removing
How to Remove a Boot Entry From the GRUB Menu
setting attributes
How to Set Attributes for a Specified Boot Entry in the GRUB Menu
GRUB-based booting
modifying the GRUB kernel usage at boot time
How to Boot From an Alternate Operating System or Boot Environment
grub.cfg
file
description
Description of the GRUB 2 Configuration
regenerating
How to Manually Regenerate the GRUB Menu
GRUBClient
x86 based network boot
Booting a System From the Network
H
halt
–d
forcing a crash dump and reboot
Forcing a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System by Using the halt d Command
halt
command
Shutdown Commands
I
init states
See
run levels
init
command
description
Shutdown Commands
initiating
Fast Reboot
How to Initiate a Fast Reboot of a System
installing GRUB
advanced GRUB administration
Advanced GRUB Administration and Troubleshooting
K
kernel selection
initiating with fast boot
Initiating a Fast Reboot of a System to a New Kernel
kernel boot arguments
setting
Setting Kernel Boot Arguments
kernel debugger (kmdb)
initiating with fast boot
Initiating a Fast Reboot of a System to an Alternate Boot Environment With the Kernel Debugger Enabled
kernel debugger (
kmdb
)
booting a system
How to Boot a System With the Kernel Debugger (kmdb) Enabled
kmdb
command
How to Boot a System With the Kernel Debugger (kmdb) Enabled
M
maintaining
GRUB 2 and GRUB Legacy on same system
Maintaining GRUB 2 and GRUB Legacy Boot Environments on the Same System
GRUB menu
How to Change the GRUB Menu
manually regenerating GRUB menu
How to Manually Regenerate the GRUB Menu
milestones
when to use
When to Use Run Levels or Milestones
modifying kernel usage in the GRUB menu
How to Boot From an Alternate Operating System or Boot Environment
multiuser boot
How to Boot a System to a Multiuser State (Run Level 3)
multiuser level
See
run level 3
N
naming scheme for devices
GRUB 2
GRUB 2 Partition and Device Naming Scheme
network booting on x86 platforms
Booting a System From the Network
P
panics
debugging Fast Reboot
Debugging Early Panics That Might Occur
parameters
changing on UEFI enabled systems
EEPROM Parameters on UEFI Systems
partition naming scheme
GRUB 2
GRUB 2 Partition and Device Naming Scheme
poweroff
command
Shutdown Commands
PXEClient
x86 based network boot
Booting a System From the Network
Q
quiesce
function
Fast Reboot implementation
About the quiesce Function
R
reboot
command
Shutdown Commands
rebooting a system
forcing a crash dump
Forcing a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System
removing
GRUB menu entries
How to Remove a Boot Entry From the GRUB Menu
run level
0 (power-down level)
Oracle Solaris Run Levels
1 (single-user level)
Oracle Solaris Run Levels
2 (multiuser level)
Oracle Solaris Run Levels
3 (multiuser with NFS)
Oracle Solaris Run Levels
what happens when system is brought to
What Happens When a System Is Booted to a Multiuser State (Run Level 3)
booting a system to a multiuser state
How to Boot a System to a Multiuser State (Run Level 3)
default run level
How Run Levels Work
definition
How Run Levels Work
determining (how to)
Determining a System's Current Run Level
s or S (single-user level)
Oracle Solaris Run Levels
when to use
When to Use Run Levels or Milestones
S
set attributes of GRUB menu entries (how to)
How to Set Attributes for a Specified Boot Entry in the GRUB Menu
setting
a kernal boot argument
Setting Kernel Boot Arguments
an EEPROM parameter
Setting the auto_boot Parameter
boot attributes at boot time
Adding Kernel Arguments by Editing the GRUB Menu at Boot Time
boot device order
Setting a Parameter on a UEFI Enabled System
console device
Setting Parameters for the Console Device
shutdown
command
description
Shutdown Commands
shutting down a system (how to)
How to Shut Down a System by Using the shutdown Command
shutting down a system
cleanly with the
shutdown
and
init
commands
System Shutdown Commands
guidelines
Guidelines for Shutting Down a System
single-user level
See
run level s or S
single-user state
booting a system
run level S
How to Boot a System to a Single-User State (Run Level S)
initiating with fast boot
Initiating a Fast Reboot of a System to a Single-User State With the Kernel Debugger Enabled
sync
command
How to Force a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System
synchronizing file systems with
sync
command
How to Force a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System
system shutdown commands
System Shutdown Commands
T
task comparison
GRUB 2 compared to GRUB Legacy
GRUB 2 and GRUB Legacy Task Comparison
troubleshooting
Fast Reboot
Conditions Under Which Fast Reboot Might Not Work
Troubleshooting Issues With Fast Reboot
forcing a crash dump
Forcing a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System
kmdb
command and booting
How to Boot a System With the Kernel Debugger (kmdb) Enabled
U
UEFI EEPROM parameters
viewing all
Viewing All UEFI EEPROM Parameters
viewing one
Viewing a Specific UEFI Parameter
UEFI enabled systems
changing parameters
EEPROM Parameters on UEFI Systems
upgrading from GRUB Legacy to GRUB 2
Upgrading Your GRUB Legacy System to a Release That Supports GRUB 2
upgrading to GRUB 2
how GRUB Legacy information is converted
How GRUB Legacy Menu Entries Are Migrated to GRUB 2
V
viewing
EEPROM parameters
Viewing All EEPROM Parameters
UEFI EEPROM parameters
Viewing All UEFI EEPROM Parameters
W
when to use run levels or milestones
When to Use Run Levels or Milestones
who
command
Determining a System's Current Run Level
X
x86 platforms
editing the GRUB menu at boot time
Adding Kernel Arguments by Editing the GRUB Menu at Boot Time
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