Failed to read PID from file /var/run/iscsid.pid: Invalid argument

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Issue

  • Failing to load PID at boot or restart of iscsid PID:
Nov 18 15:19:39 localhost.localdomain systemd[951]: Executing: /usr/sbin/iscsid
Nov 18 15:19:39 localhost.localdomain iscsid[951]: iSCSI logger with pid=952 started!
Nov 18 15:19:39 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Received SIGCHLD from PID 951 (iscsid).
Nov 18 15:19:39 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Child 951 (iscsid) died (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Nov 18 15:19:39 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Child 951 belongs to iscsid.service
Nov 18 15:19:39 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: iscsid.service: control process exited, code=exited status=0
Nov 18 15:19:39 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: iscsid.service got final SIGCHLD for state start
Nov 18 15:19:39 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to read PID from file /var/run/iscsid.pid: Invalid argument
Nov 18 15:19:39 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Setting watch for iscsid.service's PID file /var/run/iscsid.pid
Nov 18 15:19:39 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Trying to read iscsid.service's PID file /var/run/iscsid.pid in case it changed

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.873-35.el7.x86_64
  • systemd-219-30.el7.6.x86_64

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