Unable to start PBS “main, unable to change to directory /opt/pbs/server_priv pbs_comm startup failed, exit aborting.”

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unable to start PBS
[root@arm-node01 /]# /etc/init.d/pbs restart
Restarting PBS
Stopping PBS
Waiting for shutdown to complete
Starting PBS
PBS Home directory /opt/pbs needs updating.
Running /opt/pbs/libexec/pbs_habitat to update it.

Connecting to PBS dataservice…connected to PBS dataservice@arm-node01
*** End of /opt/pbs/libexec/pbs_habitat
Home directory /opt/pbs updated.
Comm@arm-node01: main, unable to change to directory /opt/pbs/server_priv
pbs_comm startup failed, exit aborting.
[root@arm-node01 /]#

I have tried to unload and reload,but it doesn’t work.Maybe not completely unloaded.

Thank You

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Try checking the value of PBS_HOME in /etc/pbs.conf. It should be set to something like /var/spool/pbs. For example…

$ cat /etc/pbs.conf
PBS_EXEC=/opt/pbs
PBS_SERVER=vmcentos
PBS_START_SERVER=1
PBS_START_SCHED=1
PBS_START_COMM=1
PBS_START_MOM=1
PBS_HOME=/var/spool/pbs
PBS_CORE_LIMIT=unlimited
PBS_SCP=/usr/bin/scp

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Hi mkaro,
Thanks very much for your help,PBS could have submitted the job, but it suddenly failed to execute qsub and the restart failed,I have tried to unload and reload，reference https://github.com/PBSPro/pbspro/blob/master/INSTALL，but still prompted this error.Is there any other reason for this problem?
My pbs.conf configuration file content is as follows:
#cat /etc/pbs.conf
PBS_SERVER=pbsmaster
PBS_START_SERVER=1
PBS_START_SCHED=1
PBS_START_COMM=1
PBS_START_MOM=1
PBS_EXEC=/opt/pbs
PBS_HOME=/var/spool/pbs
PBS_CORE_LIMIT=unlimited
PBS_SCP=/bin/scp
Thanks for your attention and your time.

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With the deployment of PBS Pro OSS, /opt/pbs/server_priv is not created .
The server_priv exists only in /var/spool/pbs/server_priv

  • Please check the permissions on /opt/pbs
  • Please check the permision on /var/spool/pbs
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Have you got solution for this issue?