Solaris 10, Firebird SuperServer and the Service Management Facility

I recently released Firebird V2.04 SuperServer for Solaris 10. This new build uses the Solaris 10 Service Management Facility to stop/start Firebird. Here are some notes on how it works.
I created the following manifest file (it can be found in /opt/firebird/ as gds_db-tcp.xml):

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE service_bundle SYSTEM '/usr/share/lib/xml/dtd/service_bundle.dtd.1'>
<!--
Service manifest for firebird
-->

<service_bundle type='manifest' name='firebird'>
<service
name='application/firebird'
type='service'
version='1'>
<create_default_instance enabled='true' />

<exec_method
type='method'
name='start'
exec='/opt/firebird/bin/fbmgr.bin -start'
timeout_seconds='10'>
<method_context>
<method_credential user='firebird' group='firebird' />
</method_context>
</exec_method>

<exec_method
type='method'
name='stop'
exec='/opt/firebird/bin/fbmgr.bin -stop'
timeout_seconds='10'>
<method_context>
<method_credential user='firebird' group='firebird' />
</method_context>
</exec_method>

<template>
<common_name>
<loctext xml:lang='C'>
Firebird
</loctext>
</common_name>
</template>
</service>
</service_bundle>

This manifest file is automatically installed by the pkg installer.
You can manually stop and start firebird using the following commands, instead of using fbmgr.bin

svcadm enable svc:/application/firebird:default
svcadm disable svc:/application/firebird:default

You can verify whether the Firebird "service" is running by using the following:

svcs -a | grep firebird

Supposedly the new Service Management Facility provides automatic recovery from software and hardware errors, so theoretically SuperServer on Solaris 10 no longer has need of the Firebird Guardian, since SMF should do the same job that the Guardian was designed to do. This is going to need some testing ....