Christine Tran wrote: Christine,
> Amalgamation of Bernd's last list of suggestion: > > Bernd> 1.1 Short listing of SMF files and directories: > Bernd> more detailed about the sub directories > Bernd> and files in the svc directories. > > How much more detail? > One line per file directory should be fine - even if it's only "reserved for future use" > Bernd> 2.1 How can I allow user X to control service Y? > Bernd> A hint that the information in the repository is readable by all > Bernd> users would be useful. > > Don't understand how this fits in with question. > Forget about the question I thought about the discussion from this thread: private data in SMF repository (http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=6452&tstart=0) > Bernd> 2.4 How do I back up the repository? > Bernd> risk that such a copy won't be self-consistent if > Bernd> svc.configd makes a change during the copy. > Bernd> You could use pstop on svc.configd before makeing the copy > Bernd> (see) > http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=38593雁) > Bernd> and use sqlite to check the integrity of the copied repository: > > I don't know if this FAQ should be telling people to manually pstop Mmm, backup is always important for machines in production and AFAIK there is no official supported solution right now to manually create a backup of the repository. > svc.configd every so often to take db backup. Is there a burning need > to do this right now? I'd rather we just pile-on to the BugID. > No burning need, but at least the info that there's no supported solution to manually backup the repository at this time should be mentioned in the FAQ > >> 3.12 Why is network/physical hanging? > Bernd> A work around or RFE is missing > > Err... undo what is described is not enough? > From the FAQ: *3.12 Why is network/physical hanging?* svc:/network/physical:default is using ifconfig, which tries to do a name-service lookup to get the netmasks for the interfaces. If nis/client is running, then ypbind will hang, since there are no physical interfaces. Reading this I ask myself: What should I do if I encounter this situation? Kill ypbind? Or does "hang" mean it's only temporary hanging until a timeout occurs? And the next question is : Is this a temporary bug and will it be fixed in a new release or patch? I can't test it because I do not have an environment with a NIS server. > Bernd> a special entry that explains that methods are called > Bernd> asynchronously > > Can you pose a practical question? Sure You can not expect that the start or stop method of an application is finished after "svcadm disable" or "svcadm enable" returns (without the parameter -s). In the old days you could start your application with the init script and in general after the init script finished your application should be up and runnning. > > Bernd> GUI > > I haven't kept up with Webmin, has it advanced much? I'm not going to > include it if it clutters, I suppose I should say "a GUI is coming > with vpanel" but that's so vague. > It's a matter of taste what one expects from a GUI so IMHO a list with the existing GUIs should be enough. > Bernd> A section with links to more indepth information would be useful. > > Ha! I don't know where that would be, your FAQ, this FAQ, Liane's blog, > The dev intro, and the man pages. My FAQ only for historical purpose 'cause I do not plan to maintain it now that the "real" FAQ is there. Liane's Blog : yes, of course and other blogs with infos about SMF. And the SMF pages on BigAdmin and other Sun websites and man pages also. This should be a "living" list that should be updated by the SMF team for example if they add a blog entry about an SMF feature. Now for example you must manually search BigAdmin or blogs.sun.com to find new articles about SMF. regards Bernd > _______________________________________________ > smf-discuss mailing list > smf-discuss at opensolaris.org > -- Bernd Schemmer, Frankfurt am Main, Germany http://home.arcor.de/bnsmb/index.html M?s temprano que tarde el mundo cambiar?. Fidel Castro
