"System-journald" service is not starting on the system.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • System-journald service is not starting on the system.
  • After running journalctl --verify command, following error was generating:
 Error was encountered while opening journal files: Invalid argument
  • How to correct the corrupted journald database?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Systemd

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