diff --git a/roles/slurm/tasks/main.yml b/roles/slurm/tasks/main.yml
index 9817008347d76bb696384771d4f89f7a7c90fec2..af6536ae2dc5088150e732930a05189e49dae999 100644
--- a/roles/slurm/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/slurm/tasks/main.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@
   notify: restart slurm
   when: slurm_use_vpn==True
 
+- name: create log directory
+  shell: mkdir -p {{ slurmddebug.log | dirname }} 
+  args:
+    creates: "{{ slurmddebug.log | dirname }}"
+  sudo: true
+  when: slurmddebug is defined and slurmddebug.log
+
 - name: start slurm
   service: name=slurm state=started
   sudo: true
diff --git a/roles/slurmdb/tasks/main.yml b/roles/slurmdb/tasks/main.yml
index d3fe3097d5525f0e29a3412ab32258cac7001ae3..24b4ce676791fa0f45e3a2ff5a3cf6eb803d2804 100644
--- a/roles/slurmdb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/slurmdb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     - MySQL-python
 
 - name: "Start the Server"
-  service: "name=mysqld enabled=yes state=restarted"
+  service: "name=mysqld enabled=yes state=started"
   sudo: true
 
 - name: install mysql local root password 
@@ -27,4 +27,14 @@
 - name: configure database slurmdb domain 
   mysql_user: login_user=root login_password="{{ sqlrootPassword }}" name=slurmdb password="{{ slurmDbPassword }}" host="{{ ansible_hostname }}"."{{ ansible_domain }}" priv=*.*:ALL,GRANT state=present
   sudo: true
+#  notify: restart slurmdb
+
+- name: sanitic check service
+  service: "name=slurmdbd enabled=yes state=started"
+  sudo: true
+
+- name: sanitic check service
+  service: "name=slurm enabled=yes state=started"
+  sudo: true
+