Tom Whitten writes:
> Jon Krueger writes:
> > Thanks Tom! That helped.
> >
> > A follow-up question: are you recommending a svcadm refresh
> > to get the service to see the new property? If so, perhaps
> > I don't need it for this; I just want to store a value
> > there that will be needed later.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -- Jon
>
> I'm glad that it help.
>
> One reason for the refresh is the one that you mentioned -- to get the
> service to see the changed values. The other reason is that changes made
> with svccfg are not reflected in the running snapshot until you do the
> refresh.
>
> tom
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Just a little more detail on this. The man svccfg(1M) states:
Changes made to an existing service in the repository typi-
cally do not take effect for that service until the next
time the service instance is refreshed. See the refresh sub-
command on the svcadm(1M) man page for more details.
>From svcadm(1M)
For each service instance specified by the operands,
requests that the assigned restarter update the
service's running configuration snapshot with the values
from the current configuration. Some of these values
take effect immediately (for example, dependency
changes). Other values do not take effect until the next
service restart. See the restarter and service documen-
tation for more information.
tom
