[OmniOS-discuss] IPS & BE creation suppression

[Stephen Nelson-Smith]

Hi,

On 20 August 2012 22:51, Eric Sproul <esproul at omniti.com> wrote:

> The creation of backup BEs and other BE-related operations are
> controlled by the image property "be-policy".  The default policy is
> the same as the "create-backup" option.  See the pkg(1) man page in
> the section "IMAGE PROPERTIES".  It actually explains pretty well the
> reasoning for each policy.
>
> You could set the policy such that backup BEs are never made
> (be-policy "when-required").  That way if you see a new BE, you'll
> know a reboot is required before continuing.

Useful info, Eric.  I'm looking at exactly this issue for the Chef IPS
provider at the moment, so will report back when I have something
testable.

S.