Solaris_reboot_transient

Question

Hi everyone,
I rebooted by server using "reboot -q -- -s" and now it's stuck in a single-user-mode reboot loop.
It stops at the single user prompt and I can log in and do my work, but every time I reboot it again, it takes me back to single-user mode.  Apparently, the reboot command I issued created a GRUB entry called "Solaris_reboot_transient" and the system is defaulting to that boot every time now.
I can manually select the base "Solaris 11.1" menu option and boot into multi-user, but if the server loses power and comes back up after the outage, it is defaulting to single-user mode... which makes remote administration a bit tricky.
Does anyone know how to remove this new GRUB menu option and to reset the system to boot to the standard default "Solaris 11.1" item?
Thank you,
-Michael

Answer 1

The fact that "reboot -q -- -s" creates the "Solaris_reboot_transient" entry in GRUB menu is expected.
This entry should be removed once you select the default boot entry in GRUB menu and boot back onto it.
The entry is actually removed when the svc:/system/boot-archive-update:default SMF service starts.
You can remove the entry manually by executing : bootadm -m update-temp
Apparently, in your case, if you select the default "Solaris 11.1" boot entry, the "Solaris_reboot_transient" entry remains on next reboot.
I would verify that svc:/system/boot-archive-update:default is online when you boot on "Solaris 11.1".