The systemctl command failed with "System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate."

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Issue

  • The systemctl command failed with the following error message:
 System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.
  • But, the systemd process is running with PID=1.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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