This morning this was logged for pmlogger_daily: [root@MAGGIE ~]# systemctl status pmlogger_daily ● pmlogger_daily.service - Process archive logs Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/pmlogger_daily.service; static; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Mon 2019-11-04 00:12:01 CET; 7h ago Docs: man:pmlogger_daily(1) Process: 216795 ExecStart=/usr/libexec/pcp/bin/pmlogger_daily $PMLOGGER_DAILY_PARAMS (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 216795 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Nov 04 00:10:01 MAGGIE systemd[1]: Starting Process archive logs... Nov 04 00:12:01 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger_daily.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating. Nov 04 00:12:01 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger_daily.service: Failed with result 'timeout'. Nov 04 00:12:01 MAGGIE systemd[1]: Failed to start Process archive logs. [root@MAGGIE ~]# journalctl -xe -u pmlogger_daily-- Defined-By: systemd-- Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel-- -- The unit pmlogger_daily.service has successfully entered the 'dead' state. Nov 03 00:11:48 MAGGIE systemd[1]: Started Process archive logs. -- Subject: A start job for unit pmlogger_daily.service has finished successfully -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- A start job for unit pmlogger_daily.service has finished successfully. -- -- The job identifier is 366735. Nov 04 00:10:01 MAGGIE systemd[1]: Starting Process archive logs... -- Subject: A start job for unit pmlogger_daily.service has begun execution -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- A start job for unit pmlogger_daily.service has begun execution. -- -- The job identifier is 579462. Nov 04 00:12:01 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger_daily.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating. Nov 04 00:12:01 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger_daily.service: Failed with result 'timeout'. -- Subject: Unit failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- The unit pmlogger_daily.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'timeout'. Nov 04 00:12:01 MAGGIE systemd[1]: Failed to start Process archive logs. -- Subject: A start job for unit pmlogger_daily.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- A start job for unit pmlogger_daily.service has finished with a failure. -- -- The job identifier is 579462 and the job result is failed. The service monitor in Cockpit shows pmlogger_daily as failed, and starting it manually causes the same error. November 4, 2019 8:10 AM Failed to start Process archive logs. systemd 8:10 AM pmlogger_daily.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. systemd 8:10 AM pmlogger_daily.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE systemd 8:10 AM Starting Process archive logs... systemd 8:10 AM Failed to start Process archive logs. systemd 8:10 AM pmlogger_daily.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. systemd 8:10 AM pmlogger_daily.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE systemd 8:10 AM pmlogger_daily failed - see /var/log/pcp/pmlogger/pmlogger_daily.log pcp 8:10 AM Starting Process archive logs... systemd 12:12 AM Failed to start Process archive logs. systemd I then ran the script and this was logged: [root@MAGGIE ~]# systemctl status pmlogger.service ● pmlogger.service - Performance Metrics Archive Logger Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/pmlogger.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: activating (start) since Mon 2019-11-04 08:04:03 CET; 1min 44s ago Docs: man:pmlogger(1) Process: 226303 ExecStart=/usr/share/pcp/lib/pmlogger start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Tasks: 0 (limit: 393) Memory: 1.9M CGroup: /system.slice/pmlogger.service Nov 04 08:04:03 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart. Nov 04 08:04:03 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2. Nov 04 08:04:03 MAGGIE systemd[1]: Stopped Performance Metrics Archive Logger. Nov 04 08:04:03 MAGGIE systemd[1]: Starting Performance Metrics Archive Logger... Nov 04 08:04:03 MAGGIE pmlogger[226303]: Starting pmlogger ... Nov 04 08:04:03 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: Can't open PID file /run/pcp/pmlogger.pid (yet?) after start: No such file or directory Nov 04 08:04:08 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: New main PID 232026 does not belong to service, and PID file is not owned by root. Refusing. Nov 04 08:04:08 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: New main PID 232026 does not belong to service, and PID file is not owned by root. Refusing. [root@MAGGIE ~]# journalctl -xe -- Subject: A stop job for unit pmlogger.service has finished -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- A stop job for unit pmlogger.service has finished. -- -- The job identifier is 657493 and the job result is done. Nov 04 08:04:03 MAGGIE systemd[1]: Starting Performance Metrics Archive Logger... -- Subject: A start job for unit pmlogger.service has begun execution -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- A start job for unit pmlogger.service has begun execution. -- -- The job identifier is 657493. Nov 04 08:04:03 MAGGIE pmlogger[226303]: Starting pmlogger ... Nov 04 08:04:03 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: Can't open PID file /run/pcp/pmlogger.pid (yet?) after start: No such file or directory Nov 04 08:04:08 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: New main PID 232026 does not belong to service, and PID file is not owned by root. Refusing. Nov 04 08:04:08 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: New main PID 232026 does not belong to service, and PID file is not owned by root. Refusing. Nov 04 08:04:10 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger_check.service: Succeeded. -- Subject: Unit succeeded -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- The unit pmlogger_check.service has successfully entered the 'dead' state. Nov 04 08:04:10 MAGGIE systemd[1]: Started Check pmlogger instances are running. -- Subject: A start job for unit pmlogger_check.service has finished successfully -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- A start job for unit pmlogger_check.service has finished successfully. -- -- The job identifier is 657398. Nov 04 08:04:10 MAGGIE audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=pmlogger_check comm="syste> Nov 04 08:04:10 MAGGIE audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=pmlogger_check comm="system The pmlogger service is still running but is shown as "Activating (starting)" rather than "Active (running)".