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Booting and Shutting Down Oracle Solaris on x86 Platforms Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library |
1. Booting and Shutting Down an x86 Based System (Overview)
2. Booting an x86 Based System to a Specified State (Tasks)
3. Shutting Down a System (Tasks)
4. Rebooting an x86 Based System (Tasks)
5. Booting an x86 Based System From the Network (Tasks)
6. Modifying Boot Parameters on an x86 Based System (Tasks)
7. Creating, Administering, and Booting From ZFS Boot Environments on x86 Platforms (Tasks)
8. Keeping an x86 Based System Bootable (Tasks)
Keeping an x86 Based System Bootable (Task Map)
Description of the Oracle Solaris Boot Archives
Obtaining Information About the Location and Contents of the x86 Boot Archive
How to List the Contents of the Boot Archive
Maintaining the Integrity of the Boot Archives
How to Clear a Failed Automatic Boot Archive Update by Using the auto-reboot-safe Property
How to Clear a Failed Automatic Boot Archive Update by Manually Updating the Boot Archive
The boot-archive service is controlled by SMF. The service instance is svc:/system/boot-archive:default. The svcadm command is used to enable and disable services.
If the boot-archive service is disabled, automatic recovery of the boot archive upon a system reboot might not occur. As a result, the boot archive could become unsynchronized or corrupted, which would prevent the system from booting.
To determine whether the boot-archive service is running, use the svcs command, as follows:
$ svcs boot-archive STATE STIME FMRI online 10:35:14 svc:/system/boot-archive:default
In this example, the output of the svcs command indicates that the boot-archive service is online.
For more information, see the svcadm(1M) and svcs(1) man pages.
For more information, see How to Obtain Administrative Rights in Oracle Solaris Administration: Security Services.
# svcadm enable | disable system/boot-archive
# 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 that the service is offline.
Troubleshooting
For information about troubleshooting boot archive update failures, see Maintaining the Integrity of the Boot Archives.