Richard Elling writes:
> > One reason could be the same as I mentioned in the long-running thread
> > last week: if you don't set ignore_error, then any failure in an
> > external script you may invoke -- such as PCL2FaxCmd dropping core --
> > will cause the whole service to get restarted rather than just failing
> > the current operation.
> >   
> 
> I just can't help but think that a more extensible service
> check, like traditional HA agents, is where we are headed
> with this...

It seems obvious that this is what SMF was designed to do.  The
missing part is "service monitoring" ... whatever the heck that might
mean.  ;-}

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