Unable to start MySQL on CentOS 6.2

[probuddha]

Friends

I have recently purchased a VPS for one of my clients that runs on CentOS 6.2

It seems that the MySQL server is offline in the server. I have tried the following to start it

/etc/init.d/mysqld start

..but I get the following message

/etc/init.d/mysqld: No such file or directory

However, when I check the status of MySQL by running the command service mysql status it says

MySQL running (2565) [ OK ]

I have restarted MySQL, rebooted the server, upgraded cPanel but nothing seems to work

Please advise, I need this resolved ASAP

MySQL details (if that helps)

Active Persistent Links 0
Active Links 0
Client API version 5.1.63
MYSQL_MODULE_TYPE external
MYSQL_SOCKET /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
MYSQL_INCLUDE -I/usr/include/mysql
MYSQL_LIBS -L/usr/lib64 -lmysqlclient

Thanks a lot

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

Check to ensure duplicate versions of MySQL are not installed:

# rpm -qa|grep MySQL

Also, you can force an update of MySQL via:

# /scripts/mysqlup --force

You are also welcome to submit a ticket so we can take a closer look via:

Submit A Ticket

Thank you.

[cPanelTristan]

Of note, the command being used to start MySQL in command line isn't correct. On cPanel machines, it is the following:

/etc/init.d/mysql restart

There is no d at the end of mysql there.

Next, where is it showing that MySQL is offline precisely?