BEA-141297 - Could not get the server file lock

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Catalin Ciolocoiu picture Catalin Ciolocoiu · Nov 24, 2015 · Viewed 39.2k times · Source

Following error is encountered when trying to start Oracle Weblogic Server:

<Info> <Management> <BEA-141297> <Could not get the server file lock. Ensure that another server is not running in the same directory. Retrying for another 60 seconds.>

How do I overcome this error and start the server?

Answer

sampathsris picture sampathsris · Mar 12, 2017

The error means that there is a file lock that could not be released, as the server was previously not shut down correctly.

In this case you must follow the next steps:

  • Navigate to tmp folder in your $DOMAIN_HOME directory. (for example: C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\mydomain\servers\AdminServer\tmp)
  • Delete the lock file for the server instance, AdminServer.lok
  • Check if there are any java.exe processes are running, which should not be there. If there are any, they would have to be killed.
  • Restart your server

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