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devfsadm service is in maintenance (Doc ID 2969187.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 25, 2023

Applies to:

Solaris Operating System - Version 11.0 to 11.4 [Release 11.0]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

svc:/system/devfsadm:default (hot-plug and synchronous device support service)
 State: maintenance since 2023-07-12T16:36:18
Reason: Restarting too quickly.
  See: http://support.oracle.com/msg/SMF-8000-L5
  See: man -M /usr/share/man -s 8 devfsadm
  See: /var/svc/log/system-devfsadm:default.log
Impact: 9 dependent services are not running:
  svc:/system/fmd:default
  svc:/system/fm/asr-notify:default
  svc:/system/fm/smtp-notify:default
  svc:/system/devchassis:daemon
  svc:/system/filesystem/root-pool-config:default
  svc:/system/coremon:cleanup
  svc:/system/coremon:default
  svc:/system/hal:default
  svc:/system/filesystem/rmvolmgr:default


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Changes

ownership of the file .devfsadm_dev.lock changed to other than root by mistake

Cause

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