Why "pmlogger.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE" message occurred?

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Issue

  • From /var/log/messages, below messages detected.
systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. 
systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart. 
systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.

Resolution

  • If these messages not occurred constantly, It can be ignored.

Root Cause

  • The reason for the restart of pmlogger.service is pmlogger_daily failed to connect to the service, hence killed it, causing the service to fail and be restarted.
  • Probably it was busy or the system was overloaded in temporary, but it's hard to tell what exactly happened in that time.

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