Sowmini.Varadhan at Sun.COM writes: > On (01/27/09 08:29), James Carlson wrote: > > > > Assuming that we can't get a full "running versus saved configuration" > > model for SMF, I think that the cleanest way to allow for the usual > > sorts of "temporary" configuration is to make the SMF snapshot > > mechanism more visible and usable within these other utilities. That > > would allow the user to ask useful questions, such as "what's the > > difference between the configuration I'm using now and the one I have > > set up for next boot?" > > To solve the reboot-to-reset/panic/abrupt-power-failure > issues what if we follow that analogy and have a snapshot > of the ipadm-related configuration at boot time, to allow the > admin to reset to some known configuration, and otherwise > make all ipadm related configuration persistent?
Yes, that's essentially the idea. I don't know how often you'll need or want new snapshots (is boot time alone enough? probably not), but I suspect that exposing them in some way to users so that they can choose what they're going to keep would be a good idea. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
