MySQL Server Not Restarting

[Mick Denton]

Can anyone help?

We are unable to restart the MySQL server and receive this log.

Waiting for “mysql” to start ……………failed.

Service Error
(XID f42v85) The “mysql” service failed to start.

Startup Log
Starting MySQL. ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file (/var/lib/mysql/vps.example.co.uk.pid).

Log Messages
160210 15:33:31 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /var/lib/mysql/vps.example.co.uk.pid ended
/usr/sbin/mysqld[0x862e61]
/usr/sbin/mysqld[0x8626d1]
/usr/sbin/mysqld[0x91c39e]
/usr/sbin/mysqld[0x91c16f]
/usr/sbin/mysqld[0x8616d1]
/usr/sbin/mysqld[0x86bee5]
/usr/sbin/mysqld[0x86baec]
/usr/sbin/mysqld[0x86f603]
/usr/sbin/mysqld[0x85936a]
/usr/sbin/mysqld[0x8d5f19]
160210 15:33:31 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
160210 15:33:25 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /var/lib/mysql/vps.example.co.uk.pid ended
/usr/sbin/mysqld[0x862e61]
/usr/sbin/mysqld[0x8626d1]
/usr/sbin/mysqld[0x91c39e]
/usr/sbin/mysqld[0x91c16f]
/usr/sbin/mysqld[0x8616d1]
/usr/sbin/mysqld[0x86bee5]
/usr/sbin/mysqld[0x86baec]
/usr/sbin/mysqld[0x86f603]
/usr/sbin/mysqld[0x85936a]
/usr/sbin/mysqld[0x8d5f19]

mysql has failed. Contact your system administrator if the service does not automagically recover.

 

[24x7server]

Hello ,

Can you please try to restart mysql through command line and check mysql error logs file and let me know what exact error are you getting in logs file.

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

Could you let us know the output to /var/lib/mysql/$hostname.err when MySQL fails to start?

Thank you.