Chapter 15. Managing Services (Tasks)

Table of Contents

Managing SMF Services (Task Map)
Monitoring SMF Services
Managing SMF Services
Using RBAC Rights Profiles With SMF
Configuring SMF Services
Using Run Control Scripts (Task Map)
Using Run Control Scripts
Troubleshooting the Service Management Facility

Managing SMF Services (Task Map)

The following task map describes the procedures that are needed to use SMF.

Task

Description

For Instructions

Display the status of a service instance.

Displays the status of all running service instances.

How to List the Status of a Service

Display the service dependents.

Display the services that are dependent on the specified service.

How to Show Which Services Are Dependent on a Service Instance

Display the dependencies of a service.

Display the services that a specified service is dependent on. This information can be used to help identify what is preventing a service from starting.

How to Show Which Services a Service Is Dependent On

Disable a service instance.

Turns off a service that is not functioning properly or needs to be off to increase security.

How to Disable a Service Instance

Enable a service instance

Starts a service.

How to Enable a Service Instance

Restart a service instance.

Restart a service, without having to use separate commands to disable and then enable the service.

How to Restart a Service

Modify a service instance.

Modifies the configuration parameters of a specified service instance.

How to Modify a Service

Changes a configuration property of a service controlled by inetd.

How to Change a Property for an inetd Controlled Service

Changes the startup options of a service controlled by inetd.

How to Modify a Command-Line Argument for an inetd Controlled Service

Convert inetd.conf entries.

Converts inetd services into legacy-run services that can be monitored using SMF.

How to Convert inetd.conf Entries

Repair a corrupt service configuration repository.

Replaces a corrupt repository with a default version.

How to Repair a Corrupt Repository

Boot a system without starting any services.

Boots a system without starting any services so that configuration problems that prevent booting can be fixed.

How to Boot Without Starting Any Services