The flash file used to log the console before the SPM is available (saved to /HOST/console/bootlog) does not work properly.
In some rare cases, the boot flash output stops when the hypervisor initiates during start up. The console log is still available once the SPM is started, in /HOST/console/history.
If the server encounters an error when the SPM is down or before the SMP boot sequence finishes, the error might not be logged in the system flash log for later recovery and diagnosis. In addition, the error does not appear in the fault management shell or in show faulty output.
If the system flash log write action collides with a saved LDoms configuration, the LDoms configuration might be overwritten. On the next power-on event, the server boots into factory default mode, and the saved XML configuration file is available on the boot disk.
Recovery: To recover the configuration, enable recovery mode and reboot the server.
Enable recover mode.
primary# svccfg -s ldmd setprop ldmd/recovery_mode = astring: auto primary# svcadm refresh ldmd
Reboot the server.
primary# reboot