Sun Message ID: SMF-8000-E2

SMF-8000-E2

One or more required services absent

Type

Defect

Severity

Minor

Description

The service is offline because it specifies a require-type dependency on a service which does not exist.

Automated Response

No automated response.

Impact

The service is not running. It will remain offline until the required services are running. Services with require-type dependencies on the service will not be started. (Use svcs -xv service_fmri to see a list of services waiting for the service to start.)

Suggested Action for System Administrator

Install and enable appropriate required services. A list of the required services may be retrieved using svcs -lservice_fmri. If the dependencies are erroneous, remove them with svccfg(1M) and use svcadm refresh service_fmri to instruct the Service Manager to read the corrected set of dependencies.

Details

If a service is enabled and its dependencies are met, the Solaris Service Manager will send a start command to the service's restarter, which may be the Solaris Service Manager itself. Require-type dependencies are only considered satisfied when the indicated services are running (online or degraded).

The Message ID: SMF-8000-E2 indicates that the service has a require-type dependency on a service which does not exist. Under such circumstances, the Service Manager will not attempt to start it.

This outcome can indicate a misunderstanding of the requirements of various software components, a misconfiguration of the system, or a defect in Solaris.

If the service remains offline, contact Sun Service with the output of svcs -x and svcs -l service_fmri.

See "Predictive Self-Healing" for additional information.

For more information, contact Sun Support.