Originally posted by: praguer

Could someone please tell me where I can find out why the processes in inittab stop being executed as a point? There were no changes made (compared to a month old backup for sure) to inittab. The only change made: I re-mirrored rootvg. The problem must be one of these because srcmstr does not fire up, but I can start it manually:
init:2:initdefault:
brc::sysinit:/sbin/rc.boot 3 >/dev/console 2>&1 # Phase 3 of system boot
powerfail::powerfail:/etc/rc.powerfail 2>&1 | alog -tboot > /dev/console # Power Failure Detection
mkatmpvc:2:once:/usr/sbin/mkatmpvc >/dev/console 2>&1
atmsvcd:2:once:/usr/sbin/atmsvcd >/dev/console 2>&1
load64bit:2:wait:/etc/methods/cfg64 >/dev/console 2>&1 # Enable 64-bit execs
tunables:23456789:wait:/usr/sbin/tunrestore -R > /dev/console 2>&1 # Set tunables
rc:23456789:wait:/etc/rc 2>&1 | alog -tboot > /dev/console # Multi-User checks
fbcheck:23456789:wait:/usr/sbin/fbcheck 2>&1 | alog -tboot > /dev/console # run /etc/firstboot
srcmstr:23456789:respawn:/usr/sbin/srcmstr # System Resource Controller

I studies conslog and bootlog and the only relevant entry I can find is

ERROR: srcmstr is not accepting connections.

If you specified a foreign host, try configuring Internet sockets and
try your command again, otherwise contact System Administration.
0 1214829492 Primary superblock is valid.
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Originally posted by: nagger

I guess Support get the "no changes" story a 100 times a day - do you suspect a cosmic ray?

Exactly, what did you do to re-mirror?
Did you do the bosboot stuff too?

Does the system start at all? or does only some parts of inittab fail?

Remember programs starting in inittab, do not have a context i.e. they don't have any shell variables set or a PATH etc.

So manually trying them from a shell is very different.

Hopefully the above might help your investigations, Nigel
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