Toolserver:Admin:SMF

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The Service Management Facility (SMF) is used to manage services in Solaris. It replaces the old /etc/init.d system.

• Introduction to SMF
• Solaris 10: System Administration Guide: Basic Administration: Managing Services (Overview)

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• To list all running services:

% svcs
STATE          STIME    FMRI
legacy_run     Jan_02   lrc:/etc/rcS_d/S50sk98sol
legacy_run     Jan_02   lrc:/etc/rc2_d/S10lu
online         Jan_02   svc:/system/svc/restarter:default
online         Jan_02   svc:/network/pfil:default
online         Jan_02   svc:/network/loopback:default
...

• Use svcs -a to list all services, including disabled ones.

• Disable a service: % svcadm disable <service>
• Enable a service: % svcadm enable <service>.
• Re-read a service's configuration: % svcadm restart <service>
• If a service breaks for some reason, it will be placed in the maintenance state. To clear this and restart the service (after fixing the problem): svcadm clear <service>.
• List all information about a service:

% svcs -vx mysql-51
svc:/application/ts/mysql-51:default (MySQL)
 State: online since Sat Mar 06 07:02:07 2010
   See: /var/svc/log/application-ts-mysql-51:default.log
Impact: None.

• If the service fails, look at its logfile (from svcs -vx) for more information.

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