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Checking for dependencies
Restoring profile default
SCPM then compares the current system configuration with the profile to which to
switch. In this phase, SCPM evaluates which system services need to be stopped or
restarted due to mutual dependencies or to reflect the changes in configuration. This is
like a partial system reboot that concerns only a small part of the system while the rest
continues operating without change. It is only at this point that the system services are
stopped, all modified resources, such as configuration files, are written, and the system
services are restarted.
27.4.4 Advanced Profile Settings
You can enter a description for every profile that is displayed with scpm list. For
the active profile, set it with scpm set description "text". Provide the name
of the profile for inactive profiles, for example, scpm set description "text"
work. Sometimes it might be desirable to perform additional actions not provided by
SCPM while switching profiles. Attach up to four executables for each profile. They
are invoked at different stages of the switching process. These stages are referred to as:
prestop
Run prior to stopping services when leaving the profile
poststop
Run after stopping services when leaving the profile
prestart
Run prior to starting services when activating the profile
poststart
Run after starting services when activating the profiles
Insert these actions with the command set by entering scpm set prestop
filename, scpm set poststop filename, scpm set prestart
filename, or scpm set poststart filename. The scripts must be executable
and refer to the correct interpreter.
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