[SOLVED] BEA-141281 – unable to get file lock, will retry

Problem

Unable to start Oracle Weblogic Server because of the following message:

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<BEA-141281> <unable to get file lock, will retry ...>
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Cause

There may be two reasons why your Weblogic raises BEA-141281 exception:

In both cases server creates a special lock file which should be deleted during the server shutdown process.

Solution

Ensure that java process associated with weblogic server has finished.Go to task manager (ps -e in linux) and kill running weblogic server instance. You can find the right process by filtering by java processes (ps -e|grep java in linux).

Delete <ServerName>.lok file:

For JDeveloper integrated weblogic server:

~/.jdeveloper/system<jdev_version>/DefaultDomain/servers/DefaultServer/tmp/DefaultServer.lok

For standalone weblogic server:

<weblogic_home>/user_projects/domains/<domain_name>/servers/<server_name>/tmp/<server_name>.lok

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Alecia

Me ayudaste mucho Gracias!!