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System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

ProcedureHow to Enable or Disable the boot-archive Service

  1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

  2. To enable or disable the boot-archive service, type:


    # svcadm enable | disable system/boot-archive

  3. To verify the state of the boot-archive service, type:


    % svcs boot-archive

    If the service is running, the output displays an online service state.


    STATE          STIME    FMRI
online          9:02:38 svc:/system/boot-archive:default

    If the service is not running, the output indicates the service is offline.

Troubleshooting

For information about updating the boot archive by clearing the boot-archive service, see How to Update an Inconsistent Boot Archive by Clearing the boot-archive Service.