Sun Message ID: SMF-8000-L5

SMF-8000-L5

Service restarting too quickly

Type

Defect

Severity

Minor

Description

The service terminated and was restarted more frequently than normal. The Solaris Service Manager placed the service into maintenance mode instead of restarting it again.

Automated Response

No automated response.

Impact

The service will remain stopped until its maintenance state is cleared. Other services with require-type dependencies on the service will not be started until this service is repaired. (Use svcs -xv service_fmri to list such impacted services.)

Suggested Action for System Administrator

Determine why the service was terminating. If the service's restarter is svc.startd, consult the service's log file; its name is based on the FMRI of the service and it is located in /var/svc/log (/etc/svc/volatile if early in boot). Also consult service-specific log files and documentation (use svcs -x service_fmri to list documentation references for the service).

Once the problem is fixed, run svcadm clear service_fmri to request the Solaris Service Manager to restart the service.

Details

While a service is enabled, the Solaris Service Manager will restart it if it terminates. The Message ID: SMF-8000-L5 indicates that the Solaris Service Manager determined that the service was being restarted too often.

If the service cannot be fixed, contact Sun Service with the output of svcs -x and svcs -l service_fmri.

See "Predictive Self-Healing" for additional information.

If the above Action doesn't help, use the instructions in document 203634 to place svc.startd in debug mode and contact your service provider.

For more information, contact Sun Support.