Sangeeta Misra wrote: > On 06/02/09 20:00, Liane Praza wrote: >> Sangeeta Misra wrote: [...] >>> Ah I remember. So daemon invokes smf_maintain_instance() to put the >>> service in maintanance mode. THen we want the user to use some non- >>> ilbadm command to wipe out the ilb config in SCF and then issue the >>> svcadm enable <ilb service manually> >>> >>> So any imput on what is the correct scf command to wipe out ilb >>> config in SCF? >> >> Take a look at svccfg selectsnap and revert. They're documented in >> the manpage. I believe there's a procedure for using them in the >> System Administration Guide as well, but could be wrong. >> > Will do >> I'd really expect that reverting to the snapshot would be an >> exceptional operation, not a normal one though. > > Correct - the above discussion was about what to do if ilbd experiences > a fatal error. In such a case, we want the ilbd daemon to automatically > make the ILB service go into maintanence mode. The user would send us > configuration, and a description of what happened, so we can work on the > problem.
OK. I'd also recommend sensible error messages from your daemon/start method either to its own logfile, syslog, or its stdout (which will be redirected to the service logfile). That way the user can make progress on their own too. > > But while the user waits for the problem to be identified, they *may* > wish to run the ILB service from scratch. Hence the question about > wiping out the config via SCF. > Sure. liane
