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 Using Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.2 .
# 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.