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Bug 2158832 - /etc/systemd/pstore.conf exists but "unit systemd-pstore.service could not be found"
Summary: /etc/systemd/pstore.conf exists but "unit systemd-pstore.service could not be...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: systemd
Version: 8.7
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: David Tardon
QA Contact: Frantisek Sumsal
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 2186176 2186177
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-01-06 18:04 UTC by Mark Langsdorf
Modified: 2023-05-16 11:12 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: systemd-239-73.el8
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Clone Of:
: 2186176 2186177 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2023-05-16 09:07:33 UTC
Type: Bug
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
pm-rhel: mirror+

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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Github redhat-plumbers systemd-rhel8 pull 353 0 None open Backport systemd-pstore 2023-01-17 11:25:44 UTC
Github systemd systemd pull 12861 0 None Merged pstore: Tool to archive contents of pstore upon boot/shutdown 2023-01-09 09:25:36 UTC
Github systemd systemd pull 13131 0 None Merged pstore: several minor follow-ups 2023-01-09 09:32:09 UTC
Github systemd systemd pull 13487 0 None Merged pstore: fix use after free 2023-01-09 09:32:09 UTC
Github systemd systemd pull 13727 0 None Merged Use greedy realloc in pstore 2023-01-09 09:32:09 UTC
Github systemd systemd pull 25469 0 None Merged pstore: fixes for dmesg.txt reconstruction 2023-01-09 09:32:09 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker RHELPLAN-144205 0 None None None 2023-01-06 18:06:32 UTC
Red Hat Knowledge Base (Solution) 7006553 0 None None None 2023-04-06 11:26:59 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2023:2985 0 None None None 2023-05-16 09:08:18 UTC

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Description Mark Langsdorf 2023-01-06 18:04:29 UTC 
Description of problem:
systemd provides the systemd-pstore service to manage oopses, dmesgs, and UEFI/ACPI messages written to ACPI/UEFI persistent storage area. Since that storage area is very small (10s of KiB), systemd-pstore is supposed to run on a successful boot, copy any data in the pstore to larger and longer term storage such as a disk drive, and clear the pstore for future use.

On RHEL-8, although there is an /etc/systemd/pstore.conf, the service does not seem to exist:
$ sudo systemctl status systemd-pstore
Unit systemd-pstore.service could not be found.

On Fedora 35, the services exists but is normally inactive:
$ sudo systemctl status systemd-pstore
○ systemd-pstore.service - Platform Persistent Storage Archival
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-pstore.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: inactive (dead)
  Condition: start condition failed at Fri 2023-01-06 04:43:07 CST; 7h ago
       Docs: man:systemd-pstore(8)

Jan 06 04:43:07 redhatnow systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Platform Persistent Storage Archival being skipped.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
systemd-239.68.el8

How reproducible:
$ sudo systemctl status systemd-pstore

Actual results:
Unit systemd-pstore.service could not be found.

Expected results:
○ systemd-pstore.service - Platform Persistent Storage Archival
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-pstore.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Comment 1 David Tardon 2023-01-09 09:25:36 UTC 
> On RHEL-8, although there is an /etc/systemd/pstore.conf, the service does not seem to exist:
It doesn't. It was introduced in systemd 243. But it should be easy to backport.
Comment 4 Plumber Bot 2023-02-27 13:55:56 UTC 
fix merged to github main branch -> https://github.com/redhat-plumbers/systemd-rhel8/pull/353
Comment 19 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-16 09:07:33 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (systemd bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:2985
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