Installing 10.2.13 on RHEL7.4 - NO LOG-ERROR File Created + Startup Fails

• Downloaded mariadb-10.2.13-rhel-7-x86_64-rpms.tar

• Multiple times I installed with > yum install -y MariaDB-server

• /var/lib/mysql - contains all the logs and default databases
• attempt to start up mysql via > mysqld_safe &
• I see 2 lines....
  180306 17:05:09 mysqld_safe Logging to '/var/log/mariadb/MariaDB.log'.
  180306 17:05:09 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql
  and that is it......there is NO ERROR LOG file created ?? MariaDB FAILS to start.
  How do I trace this issue with no log ????

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Update - I tried a completely different RHEL7.4 server with MariaDB10.2.13
Same steps....
Same EXACT Symptoms - NO LOG FILE is produced when I ATTEMPT TO START UP!!
>mysqld_safe &

I even commented everything out of the my.cnf file - it is bare bones.

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Here is the installation output - I cannot see anything causing an issue??

[root@int-mysql-os-master02 yum.repos.d]# yum install -y MariaDB-server
Loaded plugins: product-id, rhnplugin, search-disabled-repos, subscription-
: manager
This system is receiving updates from RHN Classic or Red Hat Satellite.
MariaDB | 2.9 kB 00:00
MariaDB/primary_db | 18 kB 00:00
rhn-tools-rhel-x86_64-server-7 | 1.3 kB 00:00
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package MariaDB-server.x86_64 0:10.2.13-1.el7.centos will be obsoleting
--> Processing Dependency: MariaDB-client for package: MariaDB-server-10.2.13-1.el7.centos.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: galera for package: MariaDB-server-10.2.13-1.el7.centos.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: MariaDB-common for package: MariaDB-server-10.2.13-1.el7.centos.x86_64
---> Package mariadb-server.x86_64 1:5.5.56-2.el7 will be obsoleted
--> Running transaction check
---> Package MariaDB-client.x86_64 0:10.2.13-1.el7.centos will be obsoleting
---> Package MariaDB-common.x86_64 0:10.2.13-1.el7.centos will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: MariaDB-compat for package: MariaDB-common-10.2.13-1.el7.centos.x86_64
---> Package galera.x86_64 0:25.3.23-1.rhel7.el7.centos will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libboost_program_options.so.1.53.0()(64bit) for package: galera-25.3.23-1.rhel7.el7.centos.x86_64
---> Package mariadb.x86_64 1:5.5.56-2.el7 will be obsoleted
--> Running transaction check
---> Package MariaDB-compat.x86_64 0:10.2.13-1.el7.centos will be obsoleting
---> Package boost-program-options.x86_64 0:1.53.0-27.el7 will be installed
---> Package mariadb-libs.x86_64 1:5.5.56-2.el7 will be obsoleted
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
--> Finding unneeded leftover dependencies
---> Marking perl-DBD-MySQL to be removed - no longer needed by mariadb-server
Found and removing 1 unneeded dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package perl-DBD-MySQL.x86_64 0:4.023-5.el7 will be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
MariaDB-client x86_64 10.2.13-1.el7.centos MariaDB 48 M
replacing mariadb.x86_64 1:5.5.56-2.el7
MariaDB-compat x86_64 10.2.13-1.el7.centos MariaDB 2.8 M
replacing mariadb-libs.x86_64 1:5.5.56-2.el7
MariaDB-server x86_64 10.2.13-1.el7.centos MariaDB 110 M
replacing mariadb-server.x86_64 1:5.5.56-2.el7
Installing for dependencies:
MariaDB-common x86_64 10.2.13-1.el7.centos MariaDB 155 k
boost-program-options
x86_64 1.53.0-27.el7 rhel-x86_64-server-7 156 k
galera x86_64 25.3.23-1.rhel7.el7.centos
MariaDB 8.0 M
Removing for dependencies:
perl-DBD-MySQL x86_64 4.023-5.el7 @rhel-x86_64-server-7 323 k

Transaction Summary
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Install 3 Packages (+3 Dependent packages)
Remove ( 1 Dependent package)

Total download size: 168 M
Downloading packages:
(5/6): boost-program-options-1.53.0-27.el7.x86_64.r | 156 kB 00:00
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Total 238 MB/s | 168 MB 00:00
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Installing : MariaDB-common-10.2.13-1.el7.centos.x86_64 1/10
warning: /etc/my.cnf created as /etc/my.cnf.rpmnew
Installing : MariaDB-compat-10.2.13-1.el7.centos.x86_64 2/10
Installing : MariaDB-client-10.2.13-1.el7.centos.x86_64 3/10
Installing : boost-program-options-1.53.0-27.el7.x86_64 4/10
Installing : galera-25.3.23-1.rhel7.el7.centos.x86_64 5/10
Installing : MariaDB-server-10.2.13-1.el7.centos.x86_64 6/10
warning: /etc/my.cnf.d/server.cnf created as /etc/my.cnf.d/server.cnf.rpmnew
Erasing : 1:mariadb-server-5.5.56-2.el7.x86_64 7/10
warning: /var/log/mariadb/mariadb.log saved as /var/log/mariadb/mariadb.log.rpmsave
warning: directory /var/lib/mysql: remove failed: Device or resource busy
Erasing : 1:mariadb-5.5.56-2.el7.x86_64 8/10
Erasing : perl-DBD-MySQL-4.023-5.el7.x86_64 9/10
Erasing : 1:mariadb-libs-5.5.56-2.el7.x86_64 10/10
Verifying : MariaDB-client-10.2.13-1.el7.centos.x86_64 1/10
Verifying : MariaDB-compat-10.2.13-1.el7.centos.x86_64 2/10
Verifying : galera-25.3.23-1.rhel7.el7.centos.x86_64 3/10
Verifying : MariaDB-common-10.2.13-1.el7.centos.x86_64 4/10
Verifying : boost-program-options-1.53.0-27.el7.x86_64 5/10
Verifying : MariaDB-server-10.2.13-1.el7.centos.x86_64 6/10
Verifying : perl-DBD-MySQL-4.023-5.el7.x86_64 7/10
Verifying : 1:mariadb-libs-5.5.56-2.el7.x86_64 8/10
Verifying : 1:mariadb-server-5.5.56-2.el7.x86_64 9/10
Verifying : 1:mariadb-5.5.56-2.el7.x86_64 10/10

Dependency Removed:
perl-DBD-MySQL.x86_64 0:4.023-5.el7

Installed:
MariaDB-client.x86_64 0:10.2.13-1.el7.centos MariaDB-compat.x86_64 0:10.2.13-1.el7.centos
MariaDB-server.x86_64 0:10.2.13-1.el7.centos

Dependency Installed:
MariaDB-common.x86_64 0:10.2.13-1.el7.centos boost-program-options.x86_64 0:1.53.0-27.el7
galera.x86_64 0:25.3.23-1.rhel7.el7.centos

Replaced:
mariadb.x86_64 1:5.5.56-2.el7 mariadb-libs.x86_64 1:5.5.56-2.el7 mariadb-server.x86_64 1:5.5.56-2.el7

Complete!

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Note - if I change the log-error location in the my.cnf file I see that this is picked up....but still NO LOG FILE IS CREATED....??????

[root@int-mysql-os-master02 mysql]# mysqld_safe &
[1] 7558
[root@int-mysql-os-master02 mysql]# 180306 18:05:31 mysqld_safe Logging to '/var/lib/mysql/int-mysql-os-master02.err'.
180306 18:05:31 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql