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Oracle Solaris Administration: Common Tasks Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library |
1. Locating Information About Oracle Solaris Commands
2. Managing User Accounts and Groups (Overview)
3. Managing User Accounts and Groups (Tasks)
What's New in Booting and Shutting Down a System?
Support for Administratively Provided driver.conf Files
Boot and Shutdown Progress Animation
x86: Removal of Support for 32-Bit Kernel
Booting and Shutting Down an Oracle Solaris System (Overview)
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)
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)
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)
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)
9. Managing System Information (Tasks)
10. Managing System Processes (Tasks)
11. Monitoring System Performance (Tasks)
12. Managing Software Packages (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)
Oracle Solaris is designed to run continuously so that electronic mail and network resources are available to users. This chapter provides a general overview and basic tasks for booting and shutting down SPARC and x86 based systems.
This is a list of the information that in this chapter:
Booting and Shutting Down an Oracle Solaris System (Overview)
Where to Find More Information About Booting and Shutting Down a System
For detailed information about booting a SPARC based system, see Booting and Shutting Down Oracle Solaris on SPARC Platforms.
For detailed information about booting an x86 based system, see Booting and Shutting Down Oracle Solaris on x86 Platforms.