Why does portreserve.service stay in inactive (dead)?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • portreserve.service stays in inactive (dead). It does not work even trying to start it manually or setting it to enable.
# systemctl status portreserve.service
● portreserve.service - Port reservation utility
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/portreserve.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: inactive (dead) since Tue 2020-08-18 17:29:17 JST; 23h ago
 Main PID: 900 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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