Paul Neary wrote:
> I had a curious problem recently with my AI server (based on 2009.06).
>
> o I had two services setup for X86 and SPARC
>
> # installadm list -n 0906x86
> Manifest
> --------
> ai_manifest1.xml
>
> # installadm list -n 0906cparc
> Manifest
> --------
> ai_manifest1.xml
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> o However,when I just used the list option it saw no services
>
> # installadm list
> No install services running on the system
The 'installadm list' command gets the information using dns-sd command. 
Since dns-sd processes dies, it doesn't show any services. There is a 
disconnect between different list commands. They get data from different 
places. The list command will be modified so that all the data is coming 
from install service (SMF)
>
> o Also I couldn't get installadm create-client to work
> # installadm create-client -e  0:3:ba:68:11:7f -t 
> /export/images/osol-0906-ai-sparc/ -n 0906cparc
> create-client: Service does not exist: 0906cparc
>
> o However, the install service is running fine.
> svcs install/server:default
> STATE          STIME    FMRI
> online         19:09:34 svc:/system/install/server:default
>
> o Also, the two services are listed as part of the install service.
> # svccfg -s install/server:default listprop | grep service_name
> AI0906x86/service_name             astring  0906x86
> AI0906cparc/service_name           astring  0906cparc
>
> It turns out the problem was because the following dns-sd processes 
> were missing (not sure what caused this to happen)
> # root  3750     1   0 19:09:28 ?           0:00 /usr/bin/dns-sd -R 
> 0906cparc _OSInstall._tcp local 46502 aiwebserver=10.16.23.1
> #  root  3705     1   0 19:09:23 ?           0:00 /usr/bin/dns-sd -R 
> 0906x86 _OSInstall._tcp local 46501 aiwebserver=10.16.23.19
>
> o When I disabled and enabled the install service it restarted the 
> dns-sd processes.  The install SMF log file shows the following.
> Registering the service 0906x86._OSInstall._tcp.local
> Registering the service 0906cparc._OSInstall._tcp.local
>
> o However, there is no obvious connection between these processes and 
> the install service.
> # ps -eo ctid,args | grep dns-sd
>   875 /usr/bin/dns-sd -R 0906x86 _OSInstall._tcp local 46501 
> aiwebserver=10.16.23.198
>   876 /usr/bin/dns-sd -R 0906cparc _OSInstall._tcp local 46502 
> aiwebserver=10.16.23.1
> #svcs -o ctid,fmri | grep 875
> #svcs -o ctid,fmri | grep 876
>
> o In fact the dns-sd processes show up as children of /sbin/init (ppid=1)
>
> SO, my questions are,
> If the dns-sd process is killed shouldn't this cause the install 
> service to go into maintenance mode?
The install service will go to maintenance mode if all the services 
created by create-service are disabled or died. In your case, it looks 
like all dns-sd processes died but the install service didn't go to 
maintenance mode. It looks like a bug. here is a bug against installer 
service and dns-sd (8695). Please add your comments in the bug.

Thanks,
Sundar
> Even though the install service starts the dns-sd processes is remains 
> dependent on these processes working (I'm not sure how this translated 
> to SMF though).
> Is this a bug in the SMF description of the AI install service?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> paul
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