Doesn't look good. I used the commands from the earlier script to remove the current installation then reinstalled - I omitted to do the service commands. Then I did the tasks you requested: [root@MAGGIE ~]# systemctl status pmlogger.service ● pmlogger.service - Performance Metrics Archive Logger Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/pmlogger.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) Docs: man:pmlogger(1) Nov 08 07:49:44 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart. Nov 08 07:49:44 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1109. Nov 08 07:49:44 MAGGIE systemd[1]: Stopped Performance Metrics Archive Logger. Nov 08 07:49:44 MAGGIE systemd[1]: Starting Performance Metrics Archive Logger... Nov 08 07:49:44 MAGGIE pmlogger[82993]: Starting pmlogger ... Nov 08 07:49:44 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: Can't open PID file /run/pcp/pmlogger.pid (yet?) after start: No such file > Nov 08 07:49:49 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: New main PID 88678 does not belong to service, and PID file is not owned by> Nov 08 07:49:49 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: New main PID 88678 does not belong to service, and PID file is not owned by> Nov 08 07:49:51 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: Succeeded. Nov 08 07:49:51 MAGGIE systemd[1]: Stopped Performance Metrics Archive Logger. [root@MAGGIE ~]# systemctl restart pmlogger.service A dependency job for pmlogger.service failed. See 'journalctl -xe' for details. [root@MAGGIE ~]# journalctl -xe -- -- The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1. Nov 08 07:59:30 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger_check.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. -- Subject: Unit failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- The unit pmlogger_check.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'. Nov 08 07:59:30 MAGGIE systemd[1]: Failed to start Check pmlogger instances are running. -- Subject: A start job for unit pmlogger_check.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- A start job for unit pmlogger_check.service has finished with a failure. -- -- The job identifier is 392873 and the job result is failed. Nov 08 07:59:30 MAGGIE systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Performance Metrics Archive Logger. -- Subject: A start job for unit pmlogger.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- A start job for unit pmlogger.service has finished with a failure. -- -- The job identifier is 392778 and the job result is dependency. Nov 08 07:59:30 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: Job pmlogger.service/start failed with result 'dependency'. Nov 08 07:59:30 MAGGIE audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='> Nov 08 07:59:41 MAGGIE root[94420]: pmlogger_daily failed - see /var/log/pcp/pmlogger/pmlogger_daily-K.log Nov 08 07:59:41 MAGGIE root[94425]: pmlogger_check failed - see /var/log/pcp/pmlogger/pmlogger_check.log [root@MAGGIE ~]# systemctl start pmie.service Job for pmie.service failed because a timeout was exceeded. See "systemctl status pmie.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. [root@MAGGIE ~]# systemctl status pmie.service ● pmie.service - Performance Metrics Inference Engine Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/pmie.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: activating (start) since Fri 2019-11-08 08:02:49 CET; 35s ago Docs: man:pmie(1) Process: 96118 ExecStart=/usr/share/pcp/lib/pmie start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Tasks: 2 (limit: 394) Memory: 3.1M CGroup: /system.slice/pmie.service ├─96199 /usr/bin/sh /usr/share/pcp/lib/pmie start └─96203 pmcd_wait Nov 08 08:02:49 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmie.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart. Nov 08 08:02:49 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmie.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1. Nov 08 08:02:49 MAGGIE systemd[1]: Stopped Performance Metrics Inference Engine. Nov 08 08:02:49 MAGGIE systemd[1]: Starting Performance Metrics Inference Engine... Nov 08 08:02:49 MAGGIE pmie[96118]: Starting pmie ... Nov 08 08:02:49 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmie.service: Can't open PID file /run/pcp/pmie.pid (yet?) after start: No such file or direc> [root@MAGGIE ~]# journalctl -xe Nov 08 08:03:21 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart. Nov 08 08:03:21 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2. -- Subject: Automatic restarting of a unit has been scheduled -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Automatic restarting of the unit pmlogger.service has been scheduled, as the result for -- the configured Restart= setting for the unit. Nov 08 08:03:21 MAGGIE systemd[1]: Stopped Performance Metrics Archive Logger. -- Subject: A stop job for unit pmlogger.service has finished -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- A stop job for unit pmlogger.service has finished. -- -- The job identifier is 393750 and the job result is done. Nov 08 08:03:21 MAGGIE audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='> Nov 08 08:03:21 MAGGIE audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='u> Nov 08 08:03:21 MAGGIE systemd[1]: Starting Performance Metrics Archive Logger... -- Subject: A start job for unit pmlogger.service has begun execution -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- A start job for unit pmlogger.service has begun execution. -- -- The job identifier is 393750. Nov 08 08:03:21 MAGGIE pmlogger[96400]: Starting pmlogger ... Nov 08 08:03:21 MAGGIE systemd[1]: pmlogger.service: Can't open PID file /run/pcp/pmlogger.pid (yet?) after start: No such file > [root@MAGGIE ~]#