When svcs reports a state of "-", it is telling you that it coundn't find
the restarter property group. As you noted svcadm had the same problem.
startd creates the restarter property group for each service as it
processes the service definition from the repository. The restarter
property group is created in the non-persistant repository in
/etc/svc/volatile/svc_nonpersist.db. The inability to create this property
group is usually an indication of a pretty serious problem. Are you seeing
the same problem with any other services? Did you encounter any errors
when you imported the service? Are there any interesting errors in
/var/svc/log/svc.startd.log or /etc/svc/volatile/svc.startd.log?
tom
Lubomir Petrik writes:
> Hi,
> when I currently try to import a new SMF service it shows '-' state. If
> I try to start it I get an error that "restarter" property group is
> missing. Any idea why?
>
> Many thanks,
> Lubos.
>
> PS: Below you'll find some outputs. After successful svccfg import I see:
> bash-3.00# svcs "*execd:default*"
> STATE STIME FMRI
> - svc:/application/sge/execd:default
> bash-3.00# svcadm -v enable -s execd:default
> svc:/application/sge/execd:default enabled.
> svcadm: svc:/application/sge/execd:default is misconfigured (lacks
> "restarter" property group).
> bash-3.00# echo $?
> 3
> bash-3.00# svcs -l "*execd:default*"
> fmri svc:/application/sge/execd:default
> name Sun Grid Engine - Execd service
> enabled true
> restarter svc:/system/svc/restarter:default
> dependency optional_all/none svc:/system/filesystem/autofs (online)
> dependency require_all/none svc:/milestone/network (online)
> bash-3.00# svcs "*execd:default*"
> STATE STIME FMRI
> - svc:/application/sge/execd:default
> bash-3.00# svccfg export
> execd
> <?xml version='1.0'?>
> <!DOCTYPE service_bundle SYSTEM
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