[geeks] Solaris 10 x86 recovery

[Jonathan Patschke]

On Sat, 30 Jan 2010, Phil Stracchino wrote:

>> I still don't know why the machine - and ONLY that machine - went down
>> in the first place, but now I can start reviewing logs to find out why.
>
> And after studying logs, the conclusion?  Not ... one ... single ...
> clue.  Nothing.  Zip.  Absolutely nothing logged.  Not even a core dump.

Welcome to the joy that is Solaris Vista.  Weird shit happens, and it
usually doesn't tell you why.  It will, however, refuse to import your SMF
services if you have the slightest little bit of XML out of order.

Priorities, priorities...

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