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Title
NetVault service does not automatically start after reboot on Linux systems using systemd init -
Description
NVBU 10.x does not start automatically after reboot on newer versions of Linux:
RHEL 7, SLES 12, and latest Debian.
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Cause
Latest Linux versions started using systemd instead of Upstart, Sysv or other default init systems.
For NetVault 10 to start, the Parent Process called NetVault Process Manager (NVPMGR) needs to start the PGSL Server then the Start of Day processes. Here NVPMGR starts > starts the PGSQL Server > then Auditor tries to connect to the database and finds it is not yet started and dies.
This happens on RH7, SLES12 and latest Debian OS because NVBU does not have native support for systemd init process.
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Resolution
Status:
Bug 27751 has been opened to add native support for systemd init process, this will be reviewed and implemented in future versions of NVBU.
Workaround:
The recommended solution for this issue is adding to systemd additional unit files - netvault.service and netvault-pgsql.service (attached to this KB).
To apply this solution please perform following steps
1. remove netvault services from old sysv boot sequence - from command line please execute following commands
# chkconfig --level 345 netvault off
# chkconfig --level 345 netvault-pgsql off
2. download netvault-pgsql.service and netvault.service files and put them to proper directory with systemd unit files (on RHEL7 and CentOS7 it is /usr/lib/systemd/system)
3. add netvault to new systemd boot sequence - from os command line please execute following commands
# systemctl enable netvault-pgsql.service
# systemctl enable netvault.service
After this is done netvault services should be run in correct order.
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Defect ID
27751 -
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