> If you want Oracle to run every time the machine
> boots, you should
> deliver an SMF manifest that sets up such a service.
>  Mark it enabled
> s default, and set
> reset-fmri=svc:/system/manifest-import on the
> xml file that delivers the manifest.  You're done.

Hmmm, since Larry owns you now, I think you guys might very well be the ones 
doing that SMF manifest! (And that's a good thing.) (:-)

> The start method should take care of whatever needs
> to be done
> at first boot.
> 
> Is this about not wanting to create SMF services?

Partly, yes. SMF is not exactly what I'd call simple, let alone developer 
friendly.

When I started developing SMF manifests, many, many things were just a big, 
undefined question mark, in spite of the documentation.

Many things that I had to go and ask either Liane Praza or David Bustos 
directly. Otherwise, I'd still be stuck wandering in the dark, doing reverse 
engineering. What an enormous investment of time and effort to do that!  We've 
since corrected some of the issues and David opened several CRs, but I would 
still hesitate to call SMF developer friendly.

Let's face it: yes, SMF is powerful. But it's also complex to develop for.
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