Attempting to transfer files from one server Linux1 to Linux2 results in error: Linux2 sshd not started.

[oracle@linux1 STAGE]$ scp * oracle@10.2.0.155:/u01/STAGE/*
ssh: connect to host 10.2.0.155 port 22: Connection refused
lost connection
[oracle@linux1 STAGE]$
1. Logon as the root user to linux2 server.

[larry@linux2 ~]$ su –
Password:
Last login: Wed Sep 14 10:26:34 EDT 2016 on pts/1
[root@linux2 ~]#

2. Attempt to start the SSH service with command: service sshd start

[root@linux2 ~]# service sshd start
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl start sshd.service
[root@linux2 ~]#

3. Check the status of sshd service with command: service sshd status

[root@linux2 ~]# service sshd status
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status sshd.service
? sshd.service – OpenSSH server daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/sshd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2016-09-14 10:23:36 EDT; 16min ago
Docs: man:sshd(8)
man:sshd_config(5)
Main PID: 1283 (sshd)
CGroup: /system.slice/sshd.service
??1283 /usr/sbin/sshd -D

Sep 14 10:23:36 linux2.localdomain systemd[1]: Started OpenSSH server daemon.
Sep 14 10:23:36 linux2.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting OpenSSH server daemon…
Sep 14 10:23:36 linux2.localdomain sshd[1283]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 p….
Sep 14 10:23:36 linux2.localdomain sshd[1283]: Server listening on :: port 22.
Sep 14 10:25:45 linux2.localdomain sshd[3639]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authenti…y
Sep 14 10:25:47 linux2.localdomain sshd[3639]: Failed password for larry fro…2
Sep 14 10:25:50 linux2.localdomain sshd[3639]: Accepted password for larry f…2
Sep 14 10:39:50 linux2.localdomain systemd[1]: Started OpenSSH server daemon.
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
[root@linux2 ~]#

4. Re-attempt the transfer from linux1 server.

[oracle@linux1 STAGE]$ scp * oracle@10.2.0.155:/u01/STAGE/.
oracle@10.2.0.155’s password:
fmw_12.2.1.1.0_infrastructure_Disk1_1of1.zip 100% 1490MB 99.3MB/s 00:15
fmw_12.2.1.1.0_infrastructure.jar 100% 1490MB 99.4MB/s 00:15
fmw_12211_readme.htm 100% 19KB 19.1KB/s 00:00
fmw.rsp 100% 1996 2.0KB/s 00:00
jdk1.7.0_79: not a regular file
jdk-7u79-linux-x64.tar.gz 100% 146MB 146.4MB/s 00:01
[oracle@linux1 STAGE]$
This completes failure of SCP transfer from stopped SSHD processes.
Larry Catt
OCP