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When this setting is no, or if the operating system did not set a policy, the service
processor refers to enable supplemental restart policy for its action.
This setting is ignored on a partitioned system.
Enable supplemental restart policy - The default setting is yes. When set to yes on a
full system partition, the service processor restarts the server when the operating
system loses control and either:
The Use OS-Defined restart policy is set to No.
OR
The Use OS-Defined restart policy is set to Yes and the operating system has no
automatic restart policy.
If set to Yes on a partitioned system, the service processor restarts the system when
the system loses control and it is detected by service processor surveillance.
Refer to “Service Processor Reboot/Restart Recovery” on page 52.
The following table describes the relationship among the operating system and service
processor restart controls in a full system partition.
OS Automatic
reboot/restart
after crash setting
Service processor to
use OS-Defined
restart policy?
Service Processor
Enable supplemental
restart policy?
System response
None No
1
No
None No
1
Yes
1
Restarts
None Yes No
None Yes Yes
1
Restarts
False
2
No
1
No
False
2
No
1
Yes
1
Restarts
False
2
Yes No
False
2
Yes Yes
1
True No
1
No
True No
1
Yes
1
Restarts
True Yes No Restarts
True Yes Yes
1
Restarts
1
Service processor default
2
AIX default
In a partitioned system, the service processor’s supplemental restart policy is the only
setting that is used, as shown in the following table:
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