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. ;-} -- 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