Hi

I see it in mine as well:

Before=multi-user.target slurmdbd.service shutdown.target

it's not defined in either unit so I think it's being inserted by systemd as part of the "After" requirement in the slurmdbd unit.  From my (limited) grasp of systemd, I don't think the "Before" ensures that slurmdbd would be stopped if mysql stops, just that it's start command is issued before slurmdbd's start command

 -- Michael

On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 9:43 AM Ron Gould via slurm-users <slurm-users@lists.schedmd.com> wrote:

If you run `systemctl show ${YourDbServiceName}` , do you see "slurmdbd.service" in the "Before" definition? I inherited my Cluster, so IDK if the previous admin modified that.

```
Before=slurmdbd.service multi-user.target shutdown.target
After=network.target systemd-journald.socket var-tmp.mount tmp.mount syslog.target system.slice -.mount basic.target
```

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