Hi Jun,
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>
> Folks,
>
> I noticed that I cannot start pmie service with the following command
> unless `chkconfig pmie on` is set for boot up.
>
> `service pmie start`
>
> Is this expected?
It is. FWIW, I've heard this confusion/complaint from sysadmins before
as well. It is also meant to give a big warning if its not going to be
able to start, although this assumes its being run by $PCP_RC_DIR/pmie,
which is often replaced by "service pmie start" nowadays (& no message).
> Any [idea] why?
The idea was to only allow it to be started if it will also start after
a reboot, because otherwise it will be forgotten and on reboot wont be
started. I'm not sure if this is historical IRIX behaviour now, it may
have been. PCP is the only package I've observed this from though (not
that I've looked around much). *shrug* ... is there really a scenario
where you want to start it but would not want it started on (re)boot? I
imagine the thinking was "better to fail now, while its freshly in ones
mind and likely to be checked, than silently later".
cheers.
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Nathan
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