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Updated: March 2017
Managing System Services in Oracle
®
Solaris 11.3
Document Information
Using This Documentation
Product Documentation Library
Feedback
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Service Management Facility
SMF Capabilities
New Features in This Release
SMF Concepts and Components
SMF Service
Service Models
Service Names
Service States
Service Dependencies
Service Restarters
Master Restarter Daemon
Delegated Restarters
Service Properties and Property Groups
Service Configuration Repository
Service Bundles
Repository Layers
Repository Snapshots
Repository Backups
Configuration Files and SMF Services
Service Management Privileges
Chapter 2 Getting Information About Services
Listing Services on the System
Showing Service State
Showing More Information About Services
Showing Selected Service Information
Showing Service Dependencies
Dependency Groupings
Listing Instances That a Service Depends On
Listing Instances That Depend on a Service
Showing Whether a Service Will Automatically Restart
Getting More Information About Service States
Viewing Service Log Files
Inspecting Service Configuration
Showing Descriptions of Properties and Property Groups
Showing Service and Instance Property Values
Showing Properties in a Property Group Type
Showing the Layer Where a Value Is Set
Showing the File that Contributed the Configuration
Showing Values in a Specified Snapshot
Showing Configuration Customizations
Showing Event Notification Parameters
Chapter 3 Administering Services
Managing SMF Service Instances
Starting a Service
How to Enable a Service Instance
Stopping a Service
How to Disable a Service Instance
Restarting a Service
How to Restart a Service Instance
Rereading Service Configuration
Deleting a Service
How to Delete a Service Instance
How to Undo Deletion of a Service Instance
Configuring Notification of State Transition and FMA Events
Chapter 4 Configuring Services
Using the Service Configuration Command
Invoking a Property Editor
Invoking svccfg Interactively or With a File
Setting Property Values
How to Schedule a Periodic or Scheduled Service
How to Modify a ttymon Property Value
How to Modify an Environment Variable for a Service Process Environment
Adding Property Groups, Properties, and Property Values
Deleting Property Groups, Properties, and Property Values
Deleting Administrative Configuration
Deleting Non-Administrative Configuration
Adding Service Instances
Reverting Snapshots
Importing and Applying Manifests and Profiles
Modifying Services that are Controlled by inetd
How to Change a Property Value for an inetd Controlled Service
How to Add a New Instance of a Service that is Controlled by inetd
Modifying Services that are Configured by a File
Chapter 5 Configuring Multiple Systems
Managing Configuration of Multiple Systems
Creating SMF Profiles
Conflicting Configuration
How to Create a Profile by Using svccfg
How to Create a Profile by Using sysconfig
How to Create a Profile by Using svcbundle
Delivering Configuration to Multiple Systems
Appendix A SMF Best Practices and Troubleshooting
SMF Best Practices
Troubleshooting Services Problems
Understanding Configuration Changes
Repairing an Instance That Is Degraded, Offline, or in Maintenance
How to Repair an Instance That Is in Maintenance
How to Repair an Instance That Is Offline
How to Repair an Instance That Is Degraded
Marking an Instance as Degraded or in Maintenance
Diagnosing and Repairing Repository Problems
How to Restore a Repository From Backup
Specifying the Amount of Startup Messaging
Specifying the SMF Milestone to Which to Boot
Using SMF to Investigate System Boot Problems
How to Investigate Problems Starting Services at System Boot
How to Force Single-User Login if the Local File System Service Fails During Boot
Converting inetd Services to SMF Services
Index
Index A
Index B
Index C
Index D
Index E
Index F
Index G
Index I
Index L
Index M
Index N
Index O
Index P
Index R
Index S
Index T
Index U
Index W
Language:
English
Managing System Services in Oracle
®
Solaris 11.3
March 2017
Describes how to monitor, troubleshoot, and configure SMF services.
Document Information
Using This Documentation
Product Documentation Library
Feedback
1 Introduction to the Service Management Facility
SMF Capabilities
New Features in This Release
SMF Concepts and Components
SMF Service
Service Models
Service Names
Service States
Service Dependencies
Service Restarters
Master Restarter Daemon
Delegated Restarters
Service Properties and Property Groups
Service Configuration Repository
Service Bundles
Repository Layers
Repository Snapshots
Repository Backups
Configuration Files and SMF Services
Service Management Privileges
2 Getting Information About Services
Listing Services on the System
Showing Service State
Showing More Information About Services
Showing Selected Service Information
Showing Service Dependencies
Dependency Groupings
Listing Instances That a Service Depends On
Listing Instances That Depend on a Service
Showing Whether a Service Will Automatically Restart
Getting More Information About Service States
Viewing Service Log Files
Inspecting Service Configuration
Showing Descriptions of Properties and Property Groups
Showing Service and Instance Property Values
Showing Properties in a Property Group Type
Showing the Layer Where a Value Is Set
Showing the File that Contributed the Configuration
Showing Values in a Specified Snapshot
Showing Configuration Customizations
Showing Event Notification Parameters
3 Administering Services
Managing SMF Service Instances
Starting a Service
How to Enable a Service Instance
Stopping a Service
How to Disable a Service Instance
Restarting a Service
How to Restart a Service Instance
Rereading Service Configuration
Deleting a Service
How to Delete a Service Instance
How to Undo Deletion of a Service Instance
Configuring Notification of State Transition and FMA Events
4 Configuring Services
Using the Service Configuration Command
Invoking a Property Editor
Invoking svccfg Interactively or With a File
Setting Property Values
How to Schedule a Periodic or Scheduled Service
How to Modify a ttymon Property Value
How to Modify an Environment Variable for a Service Process Environment
Adding Property Groups, Properties, and Property Values
Deleting Property Groups, Properties, and Property Values
Deleting Administrative Configuration
Deleting Non-Administrative Configuration
Adding Service Instances
Reverting Snapshots
Importing and Applying Manifests and Profiles
Modifying Services that are Controlled by inetd
How to Change a Property Value for an inetd Controlled Service
How to Add a New Instance of a Service that is Controlled by inetd
Modifying Services that are Configured by a File
5 Configuring Multiple Systems
Managing Configuration of Multiple Systems
Creating SMF Profiles
Conflicting Configuration
How to Create a Profile by Using svccfg
How to Create a Profile by Using sysconfig
How to Create a Profile by Using svcbundle
Delivering Configuration to Multiple Systems
Appendix A SMF Best Practices and Troubleshooting
SMF Best Practices
Troubleshooting Services Problems
Understanding Configuration Changes
Repairing an Instance That Is Degraded, Offline, or in Maintenance
How to Repair an Instance That Is in Maintenance
How to Repair an Instance That Is Offline
How to Repair an Instance That Is Degraded
Marking an Instance as Degraded or in Maintenance
Diagnosing and Repairing Repository Problems
How to Restore a Repository From Backup
Specifying the Amount of Startup Messaging
Specifying the SMF Milestone to Which to Boot
Using SMF to Investigate System Boot Problems
How to Investigate Problems Starting Services at System Boot
How to Force Single-User Login if the Local File System Service Fails During Boot
Converting inetd Services to SMF Services
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
I
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
U
W