IPA services failing to restart after running an ipa-backup

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • IPA server failing to restart after running an ipa-backup:
[root@ipaserver ~]# ipactl start
Existing service file detected!
Assuming stale, cleaning and proceeding
Starting Directory Service
Failed to start Directory Service: Command '/bin/systemctl start dirsrv@EXAMPLE-COM.service' returned non-zero exit status 1

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Identity Management (IPA)

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