systemd unit of third party software reports status bad after upgrade to SLES 15 SP6
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Environment
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 for SAP Applications Service Pack 6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 6
Situation
Third party software with a systemd unit is installed on SLES 15 SP5 or older and after upgrade to SP6 the systemd service reports status "bad" as outlined below:
systemctl status <service>.service
● <service>.service - <...>
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/<service>.service; bad; preset: disabled)\
This is also visible by executing
systemctl is-enabled <service>.service
> Failed to get unit file state for <service>.service: Too many levels of symbolic links
Resolution
This issue is caused by the 'Alias=' line in the "[install] section" of the service file. It creates a symlink in the /etc/systemd/system subdirectory, due to changes introduced with a newer systemd version in SLES 15 SP6 this causes the "Too many levels of symbolic links" behavior.
To resolve the issue, just remove this symlink.
rm /etc/systemd/system/<service>.service
Status
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- Document ID:000021696
- Creation Date: 06-Feb-2025
- Modified Date:06-Feb-2025
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