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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">When upgrading SLES 15 from SP5 to SP6 also involved updating systemd (from 249 to 254):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On first boot I noticed the message “systemd-journald[673]: /var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/system.journal: Journal file uses a different sequence number ID, rotating.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">That was kind of expected as the journal offers new features.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">However I see the same message on every boot since then.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I suspect that journald sees some old journal log, so it wants to rotate; however shouldn’t it see the newer journal log also?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For example I see (long lines!):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""># ll /var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">total 262704<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r----- 1 root systemd-journal 8388608 Feb 7 06:52 system.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r----- 1 root systemd-journal 16777216 Jan 13 10:38 system@00062b93337b03e5-baeac75ab8ece274.journal~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r----- 1 root systemd-journal 4942048 Jan 31 13:49 system@04b261267cd54c5cb6dfecc7cffb066f-000000000001686a-00062cffc7cf6f2c.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r----- 1 root root 16777216 May 23 2024 system@801d8a4e11874bf4a840568e7b18e203-0000000000000001-000616af9b034887.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r----- 1 root root 16777216 Jun 22 2024 system@801d8a4e11874bf4a840568e7b18e203-0000000000002305-000619149353abe6.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r----- 1 root systemd-journal 16777216 Jul 23 2024 system@801d8a4e11874bf4a840568e7b18e203-0000000000003e97-00061b794ae8fbda.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r----- 1 root systemd-journal 16777216 Aug 22 12:00 system@801d8a4e11874bf4a840568e7b18e203-00000000000068b4-00061dde013b657e.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r----- 1 root systemd-journal 16777216 Sep 21 23:00 system@801d8a4e11874bf4a840568e7b18e203-0000000000008496-00062042b8d0b3ca.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r----- 1 root systemd-journal 16777216 Oct 22 10:00 system@801d8a4e11874bf4a840568e7b18e203-000000000000a053-000622a77065fd9c.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r----- 1 root systemd-journal 16777216 Nov 21 20:00 system@801d8a4e11874bf4a840568e7b18e203-000000000000d01f-0006250c28fc0eba.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r----- 1 root systemd-journal 16777216 Dec 22 07:00 system@801d8a4e11874bf4a840568e7b18e203-000000000000ebd3-00062770e09159a9.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r----- 1 root systemd-journal 7322384 Jan 13 13:46 system@801d8a4e11874bf4a840568e7b18e203-000000000001379c-00062b93337b34a1.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r----- 1 root systemd-journal 6144336 Feb 5 13:29 system@acfa2ef9daee47b08a5ae900ed28c6af-00000000000170b3-00062cfff78de40a.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r----- 1 root systemd-journal 8227976 Jan 31 13:35 system@c21d310247504551b0158fa32695cc01-0000000000014c44-00062b95d4283379.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r-----+ 1 root systemd-journal 8388608 Dec 22 07:05 user-10000.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r-----+ 1 root root 8388608 May 23 2024 user-10000@9e6078f3ed8f422ea3b0579a74f591c7-0000000000000850-000616c3cf9786df.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r-----+ 1 root root 8388608 Jun 22 2024 user-10000@9e6078f3ed8f422ea3b0579a74f591c7-0000000000002387-0006191fba20c991.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r-----+ 1 root root 8388608 Jul 23 2024 user-10000@9e6078f3ed8f422ea3b0579a74f591c7-0000000000003ebe-00061b7ba4acd4f4.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r-----+ 1 root systemd-journal 8388608 Aug 22 12:00 user-10000@9e6078f3ed8f422ea3b0579a74f591c7-0000000000006918-00061de62e381e7c.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r-----+ 1 root systemd-journal 8388608 Sep 21 23:00 user-10000@9e6078f3ed8f422ea3b0579a74f591c7-0000000000008572-000620563a301574.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r-----+ 1 root systemd-journal 8388608 Oct 22 10:00 user-10000@9e6078f3ed8f422ea3b0579a74f591c7-000000000000a0dc-000622b224b97898.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r-----+ 1 root systemd-journal 8388608 Nov 21 20:00 user-10000@9e6078f3ed8f422ea3b0579a74f591c7-000000000000d102-0006251f8cdc0017.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r-----+ 1 root systemd-journal 8388608 Dec 22 07:00 user-10000@9e6078f3ed8f422ea3b0579a74f591c7-000000000000ec61-0006277b77631030.journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-rw-r-----+ 1 root systemd-journal 8388608 Oct 22 10:00
<a href="mailto:user-54321@3a755daa8dd2477ea12103431b20e3b0-000000000000ae9e-000623dd86431883.journal">
user-54321@3a755daa8dd2477ea12103431b20e3b0-000000000000ae9e-000623dd86431883.journal</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Maybe I just don’t understand what “rotating” really means.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""># file /var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/system.journal: Journal file, online<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/system@00062b93337b03e5-baeac75ab8ece274.journal~: Journal file, offline<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/system@04b261267cd54c5cb6dfecc7cffb066f-000000000001686a-00062cffc7cf6f2c.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/system@801d8a4e11874bf4a840568e7b18e203-0000000000000001-000616af9b034887.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/system@801d8a4e11874bf4a840568e7b18e203-0000000000002305-000619149353abe6.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/system@801d8a4e11874bf4a840568e7b18e203-0000000000003e97-00061b794ae8fbda.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/system@801d8a4e11874bf4a840568e7b18e203-00000000000068b4-00061dde013b657e.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/system@801d8a4e11874bf4a840568e7b18e203-0000000000008496-00062042b8d0b3ca.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/system@801d8a4e11874bf4a840568e7b18e203-000000000000a053-000622a77065fd9c.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/system@801d8a4e11874bf4a840568e7b18e203-000000000000d01f-0006250c28fc0eba.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/system@801d8a4e11874bf4a840568e7b18e203-000000000000ebd3-00062770e09159a9.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/system@801d8a4e11874bf4a840568e7b18e203-000000000001379c-00062b93337b34a1.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/system@acfa2ef9daee47b08a5ae900ed28c6af-00000000000170b3-00062cfff78de40a.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/system@c21d310247504551b0158fa32695cc01-0000000000014c44-00062b95d4283379.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/user-10000.journal: Journal file empty, offline<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/user-10000@9e6078f3ed8f422ea3b0579a74f591c7-0000000000000850-000616c3cf9786df.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/user-10000@9e6078f3ed8f422ea3b0579a74f591c7-0000000000002387-0006191fba20c991.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/user-10000@9e6078f3ed8f422ea3b0579a74f591c7-0000000000003ebe-00061b7ba4acd4f4.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/user-10000@9e6078f3ed8f422ea3b0579a74f591c7-0000000000006918-00061de62e381e7c.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/user-10000@9e6078f3ed8f422ea3b0579a74f591c7-0000000000008572-000620563a301574.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/user-10000@9e6078f3ed8f422ea3b0579a74f591c7-000000000000a0dc-000622b224b97898.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/user-10000@9e6078f3ed8f422ea3b0579a74f591c7-000000000000d102-0006251f8cdc0017.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/user-10000@9e6078f3ed8f422ea3b0579a74f591c7-000000000000ec61-0006277b77631030.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/var/log/journal/aefe6ef1acb28655ef1a2fa8610cef2b/user-54321@3a755daa8dd2477ea12103431b20e3b0-000000000000ae9e-000623dd86431883.journal: Journal file, archived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Ulrich Windl<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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