Bug 1185755

Summary: "systemctl start pmlogger" does nothing unless pmlogger.service is also enabled
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Marius Vollmer <mvollmer>
Component: pcpAssignee: Nathan Scott <nathans>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 21CC: brolley, fche, lberk, mgoodwin, nathans, pcp, scox
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Fixed In Version: pcp-3.10.4-1.el5 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2015-04-22 22:57:21 UTC Type: Bug
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Bug Depends On: 1131022    
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Description Marius Vollmer 2015-01-26 08:43:49 UTC
Description of problem:

The pmlogger service doesn't really start unless it is also enabled.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Disable pmlogger
   # systemctl disable pmlogger
2. Start it
   # systemctl start pmlogger

Actual results:

The service announces itself as active:

# systemctl status pmlogger
● pmlogger.service - Performance Metrics Archive Logger
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/pmlogger.service; disabled)
   Active: active (exited) since Mon 2015-01-26 10:33:46 EET; 1s ago
     Docs: man:pmlogger(1)
  Process: 3719 ExecStart=/usr/share/pcp/lib/pmlogger start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 3719 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

But there aren't any pmlogger processes:

# pgrep pmlogger
<empty>

(It is normal that "/usr/share/pcp/lib/pmlogger start" exits.)

Expected results:

pmlogger should be running after starting the service.

Additional info:

Enabling pmlogger with "systemctl enable pmlogger" will allow it to start.  I think the /usr/share/pcp/lib/pmlogger script actually checks whether pmlogger is enabled (via chkconfig which redirects to systemctl is-enabled) and does nothing if it isn't.

This was frustrating to figure out.

Comment 1 Nathan Scott 2015-01-28 04:33:49 UTC
Just FYI - this is a duplicate of 1131022, from RHEL6 - I'll not mark it as such though since thats a different product & I think might muck up your issue tracking here?

See commen #c2 there in particular.

cheers.

Comment 2 Marius Vollmer 2015-01-28 08:02:13 UTC
> this is a duplicate of bug 1131022

Ok, thanks!


> I'll not mark it as such though since thats a different product & I think might muck up your issue tracking here?

I don't know how we track bugs here that affect multiple products.  If it's ok with you, I'd prefer to leave this open here until we can forget about from a Cockpit perspective.

I'll add a dependency.

Comment 3 Nathan Scott 2015-01-28 10:45:24 UTC
> If it's ok with you, I'd prefer to leave this open here

No problem at all - I expect to tackle this one in the short term, and will add a note to both bugs when done.

cheers.

Comment 4 Marius Vollmer 2015-02-24 12:06:07 UTC
Note that the behavior with "systemctl" is worse than with "service": At least "service pmlogger status" tells you that it isn't running, while "systemctl status pmlogger" will incorrectly state that pmlogger is active.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2015-04-16 04:08:46 UTC
pcp-3.10.4-1.fc22 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 22.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pcp-3.10.4-1.fc22

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2015-04-16 04:09:27 UTC
pcp-3.10.4-1.fc21 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 21.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pcp-3.10.4-1.fc21

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2015-04-16 04:10:07 UTC
pcp-3.10.4-1.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pcp-3.10.4-1.fc20

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2015-04-16 04:12:06 UTC
pcp-3.10.4-1.el5 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 5.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pcp-3.10.4-1.el5

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2015-04-17 18:19:43 UTC
Package pcp-3.10.4-1.el5:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=epel-testing pcp-3.10.4-1.el5'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2015-5870/pcp-3.10.4-1.el5
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2015-04-22 22:57:21 UTC
pcp-3.10.4-1.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2015-04-28 12:58:28 UTC
pcp-3.10.4-1.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2015-04-28 13:15:33 UTC
pcp-3.10.4-1.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2015-05-03 00:48:23 UTC
pcp-3.10.4-1.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.