On 2/5/08, Matthew Agle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 19:02:25 +0100 > > From: "Colin Raven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [Solaris-Users] Solaris Management Console > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > Hi all! > > > > Solaris 10 8/07 s10x_u4wos_12b X86 > > Patched all the way up to current.... > > > > I'm not the first to wonder about how to get this tool working. Google > > showed many others with the same problem. However, what seems to be > > missing is a definitive solution. Most of the posts to various > > groups/mailing lists seem to date back to 2005/2006. > > > > First I tried to start smc from the command line > > smc & > > Once launched, that produced an error message in the console: > > No Solaris Management Console server was available on the specified > > server. Please ensure that there is a Solaris Management Console > > server available on the specified host and that it is running. > > > > Some Googling revealed the way to start it, so I tried to start the > > server in the prescribed manner: > > > > /etc/init.d/init.wbem status > > Solaris Management Console server not running on port 898 > > > > /etc/init.d/init.wbem start > > Solaris Management Console server not running on port 898 > > > > Now things get weird: > > > > /etc/init.d/init.wbem stop > > Server found to be unstable. > > It has been repaired and can now be restarted > > > > Except a subsequent start attempt yielded the same as above. > > > > The Administrators Guide didn't seem to point to how to solve this, > > and as said above, no (recent) search results point to any solution. > > > > So....in a word; "HELP!" > > > > Regards (and much TIA) > > -Colin > >
> A silly question but have you tried enabling the service through svcadm? Actually that's *far* from a silly question! Indeed, I did. I didn't include that in the above soliloquy, but in retrospect it would have been a smart move to do so. > Also ensure that you have the latest patch sets and java patches Oh my goodness - the system was patched and the patches were patched even (in short, yes!) > and check > /var/adm/messages and /var/log (look for last modified file) and check there > for more specific errors. Something I didn't check, but will. Thanks. In Solaris I'm still discovering where stuff lives. Sometimes it's where I expect, other times not. Oh well, that's just part of "getting acquainted" with a new OS. > It honestly sounds like it was not installed > correctly and/or the installation was corrupt in some fashion (it happens, I > have had images from Sun/M$/Novell/etc... that download ok, burn ok, but > install with problems. There's a thought, although what's the option if that proves to be the case? a reinstallation doesn't sound too appetizing > Let us know how it goes! Indeed I shall and thank you for your most constructive and helpful suggestions and comments. Greatly appreciated in total. -Colin _______________________________________________ Solaris-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users
