I checked my system (16.04.02) which is also exhibiting this issue (my Debian systems do as well). On both OS, the open-iscsi service is in "active (exited)" state after booting (and not in failed state):
● open-iscsi.service - Login to default iSCSI targets
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/open-iscsi.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (exited) since Sat 2017-06-03 06:00:19 PDT; 3 days ago
Docs: man:iscsiadm(8) man:iscsid(8)
Process: 978 ExecStart=/lib/open-iscsi/activate-storage.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 918 ExecStart=/sbin/iscsiadm -m node --loginall=automatic (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 905 ExecStartPre=/bin/systemctl --quiet is-active iscsid.service (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 978 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CGroup: /system.slice/open-iscsi.service
I checked my system (16.04.02) which is also exhibiting this issue (my Debian systems do as well). On both OS, the open-iscsi service is in "active (exited)" state after booting (and not in failed state): system/ open-iscsi. service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
man: iscsid( 8) /lib/open- iscsi/activate- storage. sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) /sbin/iscsiadm -m node --loginall= automatic (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) /bin/systemctl --quiet is-active iscsid.service (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) slice/open- iscsi.service
● open-iscsi.service - Login to default iSCSI targets
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/
Active: active (exited) since Sat 2017-06-03 06:00:19 PDT; 3 days ago
Docs: man:iscsiadm(8)
Process: 978 ExecStart=
Process: 918 ExecStart=
Process: 905 ExecStartPre=
Main PID: 978 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CGroup: /system.