How to gather debug logs from systemd during shutdown?

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Issue

  • We are experiencing delays in shutdown and would like to be able to verify what is causing the delay. How do we gather debug logs that include the full shutdown sequence?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • systemd

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