Powerpath installation for Redhat fails with "Failed to install /usr/lib/systemd/system/PowerPath.service. Errors in /etc/opt/emcpower/patch.log"

Summary: Unable to install PowerPath in a RedHat environment.

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Symptoms



# rpm -Uhv EMCPower.LINUX-6.0.1.01.00-001.RHEL7.x86_64.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:EMCpower.LINUX ########################################### [100%]
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Failed to install \/usr/lib/systemd/system/PowerPath.service. Errors in /etc/opt/emcpower/patch.log.
warning: %post(EMCpower.LINUX-6.0.1.01.00-001.el7.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1

Cause

There is a specific package for each RedHat release. The "/usr/lib/systemd" directory is typical for a RedHat 7.x environment. In this case, the customer attempted to install a package compiled for RedHat 7 ... on a RedHat 6 environment.

Resolution

Check etc/redhat-release to confirm that the RedHat release is indeed the release expected by the PowerPath package.

The message was generated by the installation of a package for RedHat 7.x in a RedHat 6.x environment. When the correct package was used, the installation completed successfully.

Affected Products

PowerPath for Linux

Products

PowerPath for Linux
Article Properties
Article Number: 000064282
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 17 Oct 2025
Version:  4
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