Failure to start mdmonitor.service due to incorrect description in /etc/mdadm.conf for Intel VROC RAID

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Issue

  • Failure to start mdmonitor.service
● mdmonitor.service - Software RAID monitoring and management
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mdmonitor.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2022-12-05 11:41:51 JST; 1min 12s ago
  Process: 8387 ExecStart=/sbin/mdadm --monitor --scan -f --pid-file=/var/run/mdadm/mdadm.pid (code=exited, status=0/SUC>
 Main PID: 8388 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Dec 05 11:41:51 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Software RAID monitoring and management...
Dec 05 11:41:51 localhost systemd[1]: Started Software RAID monitoring and management.
Dec 05 11:41:51 localhost systemd[1]: mdmonitor.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dec 05 11:41:51 localhost systemd[1]: mdmonitor.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Intel Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel VROC)

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