Why vdsmd is failing to start with systemd error "start-pre operation timed out. Terminating"
Issue
vdsmd
fails to start and timed out after defaultsystemd
time out of 90 seconds.- System log shows below messages.
May 29 07:28:40 systemd: Starting Virtual Desktop Server Manager...
May 29 07:28:40 vdsmd_init_common.sh: vdsm: Running mkdirs
May 29 07:28:40 vdsmd_init_common.sh: vdsm: Running configure_coredump
May 29 07:28:40 vdsmd_init_common.sh: vdsm: Running configure_vdsm_logs
May 29 07:28:40 vdsmd_init_common.sh: vdsm: Running wait_for_network
May 29 07:28:41 vdsmd_init_common.sh: vdsm: Running run_init_hooks
May 29 07:28:48 vdsmd_init_common.sh: vdsm: Running upgraded_version_check
May 29 07:28:48 vdsmd_init_common.sh: vdsm: Running check_is_configured
May 29 07:29:06 vdsmd_init_common.sh: Current revision of multipath.conf detected, preserving
May 29 07:29:06 vdsmd_init_common.sh: libvirt is already configured for vdsm
May 29 07:29:07 vdsmd_init_common.sh: vdsm: Running validate_configuration
May 29 07:29:23 vdsmd_init_common.sh: SUCCESS: ssl configured to true. No conflicts
May 29 07:29:23 vdsmd_init_common.sh: vdsm: Running prepare_transient_repository
May 29 07:29:56 vdsmd_init_common.sh: vdsm: Running syslog_available
May 29 07:29:56 vdsmd_init_common.sh: vdsm: Running nwfilter
May 29 07:30:11 systemd: vdsmd.service start-pre operation timed out. Terminating.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.6.
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 7.x.
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