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I'm creating a solaris service using SMF by following steps:

  1. Create SMF manifest
  2. Import manifest via svccfg
  3. Enable it using svcadm
  4. Check status using svcs

Now in this process i had frequently added/deleted/modified the manifest. Sometimes i killed the service also. But suddenly it stopped showing any status in svcs. No logs are being generated in /var/svc/log/. How to bring it back working?

Currently i made it working again by rebooting the machine. Is there any software method also to perform the task?

Solaris 10 sparc architecture

bikram990
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If svcs is not showing anything you've managed to hose SMF.
This tends to happen when you Kermit Flail on systems (frequently added/deleted/modified the manifest. Sometimes i killed the service also).

In this situation rebooting is your best option -- SMF is not designed to be "restarted".

voretaq7
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  • can you please elaborate "hose SMF" and "Kermit Flail" I could not understand these! – bikram990 Feb 22 '13 at 05:39
  • @Bikram990 "You broke it because you made a bunch of changes without properly planning and thinking through the entire process. Next time think everything through very carefully before you start so you're not making multiple changes." – voretaq7 Feb 22 '13 at 18:29
  • Now i have little more information on this. i.e. in which scenario its happening. It happens when you start a service and the service crashes/is forcefully killed. In either case shouldn't the SMF restart the service? – bikram990 May 08 '13 at 07:28