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Unknown storage engine 'Aria'" (mariadb error)

Troubleshooting


Problem

MariaDB does not start, error message is `Could not open mysql.plugin table: "Unknown storage engine 'Aria'". Some plugins may be not loaded`
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:26 *** DB Component Startup
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:26 *** MariaDB restart
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:26 *** Awaiting connection to perform any needed data upgrades
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:26 0 [Note] Starting MariaDB 10.5.23-MariaDB source revision 6cfd2ba397b0ca689d8ff1bdb9fc4a4dc516a5eb as process 84
mariadb: Cannot find checkpoint record at LSN (1,0x34a948)
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:26 0 [ERROR] mysqld: Aria recovery failed. Please run aria_chk -r on all Aria tables (*.MAI) and delete all aria_log.######## files
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:26 0 [ERROR] Plugin 'Aria' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed.
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:26 0 [Note] InnoDB: Uses event mutexes
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:26 0 [Note] InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.11
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:26 0 [Note] InnoDB: Number of pools: 1
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:26 0 [Note] InnoDB: Using crc32 + pclmulqdq instructions
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:26 0 [Note] InnoDB: Using Linux native AIO
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:26 0 [Note] InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, total size = 4294967296, chunk size = 134217728
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:26 0 [Note] InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:26 0 [Note] InnoDB: Opened 8 undo tablespaces
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:26 0 [Note] InnoDB: Opened 8 undo tablespaces
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:26 0 [Note] InnoDB: 128 rollback segments in 8 undo tablespaces are active.
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:27 0 [Note] InnoDB: Creating shared tablespace for temporary tables
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:27 0 [Note] InnoDB: Setting file './ibtmp1' size to 12 MB. Physically writing the file full; Please wait ...
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:31 0 [Note] InnoDB: File './ibtmp1' size is now 12 MB.
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:31 0 [Note] InnoDB: 10.5.23 started; log sequence number 335248647594; transaction id 4124436
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:31 0 [Note] InnoDB: Loading buffer pool(s) from /var/lib/mysql/ib_buffer_pool
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:31 0 [ERROR] Could not open mysql.plugin table: "Unknown storage engine 'Aria'". Some plugins may be not loaded
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:31 0 [ERROR] Failed to initialize plugins.
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:31 0 [ERROR] Aborting
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:55 --- MariaDB is slow starting up, perhaps performing recovery after a crash.
mariadb: 2024-08-07 20:37:55 --- This script will wait forever; if this is unexpected, please manually kill this script and investigate
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Symptom

The pods that use mariadb won't start. Mariadb service or db pod won't be running.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
12 August 2024

UID

ibm17165350