On AIX, the maximum length for an init-script name is limited to 14 characters (see the man-page for the mkitab command). If daemon.sh reports an error with the mkitab command, you can specify a shorter init-script name with the -n option of daemon.sh. Using -n instance is just a recommendation; you can use any shorter name.

On SLES and RHEL, you can use the following commands to view the status of a systemd service: