The postgresql service fails to start while restoring Red Hat Satellite backup with error Service[postgresqld]/ensure: change from 'stopped' to 'running' failed: Systemd start for postgresql failed!
Issue
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The
postgresql
service fails to start while restoring Red Hat Satellite 6.11 server on RHEL-8 with below error.# systemctl status postgresql ● postgresql.service - PostgreSQL database server Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/postgresql.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/postgresql.service.d └─postgresql.conf Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2022-08-01 00:00:00 PDT; 1min 1s ago Main PID: 123456 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Aug 01 00:00:00 satellite systemd[1]: Starting PostgreSQL database server... Aug 01 00:00:00 satellite systemd[1]: postgresql.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Aug 01 00:00:00 satellite systemd[1]: postgresql.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Aug 01 00:00:00 satellite systemd[1]: Failed to start PostgreSQL database server.
Environment
- Red Hat Satellite 6.11
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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