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About This Book

1.  Oracle Solaris Management Tools (Road Map)

2.  Working With the Solaris Management Console (Tasks)

3.  Working With the Oracle Java Web Console (Tasks)

4.  Managing User Accounts and Groups (Overview)

5.  Managing User Accounts and Groups (Tasks)

6.  Managing Client-Server Support (Overview)

7.  Managing Diskless Clients (Tasks)

8.  Introduction to Shutting Down and Booting a System

What's New in Shutting Down and Booting a System

Support for Fast Reboot on the SPARC Platform

Oracle Solaris Auto Registration Introduced

Automatic Boot Archive Recovery

SPARC Support for Install-Time Updates

Two-Terabyte Disk Support for Installing and Booting Oracle Solaris 10

Oracle Solaris ZFS Boot Support

x86: findroot Command

Support for Specifying Platform by Using bootadm Command

Redesign of SPARC Bootstrap Process

x86: Support for Using Power Button to Initiate System Shutdown

Where to Find Shut Down and Boot Tasks

Shut Down and Boot Terminology

Guidelines for Shutting Down a System

Guidelines for Booting a System

When to Shut Down a System

When to Boot a System

9.  Shutting Down and Booting a System (Overview)

10.  Shutting Down a System (Tasks)

11.  Modifying Oracle Solaris Boot Behavior (Tasks)

12.  Booting an Oracle Solaris System (Tasks)

13.  Managing the Oracle Solaris Boot Archives (Tasks)

14.  Troubleshooting Booting an Oracle Solaris System (Tasks)

15.  x86: GRUB Based Booting (Reference)

16.  x86: Booting a System That Does Not Implement GRUB (Tasks)

17.  Working With Oracle Configuration Manager

18.  Managing Services (Overview)

19.  Managing Services (Tasks)

20.  Managing Software (Overview)

21.  Managing Software With Oracle Solaris System Administration Tools (Tasks)

22.  Managing Software by Using Oracle Solaris Package Commands (Tasks)

23.  Managing Patches

A.  SMF Services

Index

Chapter 8

Introduction to Shutting Down and Booting a System

Oracle Solaris is designed to run continuously, so that electronic mail and network resources are available to users. This chapter provides guidelines for shutting down and booting a system.

The following is a list of the information that in this chapter:

For an overview of all of the boot features and methods that are available in the Oracle Solaris release, see Chapter 9, Shutting Down and Booting a System (Overview).

For instructions on booting a system, see Chapter 12, Booting an Oracle Solaris System (Tasks).