Starting MySQL.. ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file

[AnsarBaig Mirza]

Audit logs are full and mysql stopped working. Unable to restart the mysql services , facing below issue

service mysql start
Starting MySQL... ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file

Added the pid-file in my.cnf and removed all the ibdata files and error files using below commands. But still facing same issue.

rm-rf /var/lib/mysql/ib*
rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/.err


Please help.

Thanks & Regards,
M AnsarBaig

[Matthew Hogan]

Hello Ansar,

I would follow the below doc, it has the steps required to resolve this issue. 

https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleId=98068

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Support Engineer
Broadcom
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