Getting issue in VM start .

[Swanand]

while starting the VM. I am getting this issue.

TASK ERROR: can't lock file '/var/lock/qemu-server/lock-236981.conf' - got timeout.

 

[news]

Nice, go on and tell the audience please more.

 

[fiona]

Hi @Swanand,
that means that some other operation is holding the lock. You can check which process it is with e.g. fuser -vau /var/lock/qemu-server/lock-236981.conf.

 

[Swanand]

Hi @Swanand,
that means that some other operation is holding the lock. You can check which process it is with e.g. fuser -vau /var/lock/qemu-server/lock-236981.conf.

we have cleared all the locks but still randomly they are going to this state

 

[fiona]

What do you mean with "clear the locks"? You must wait for the other tasks to finish (or cancel). Is there a task that is taking much longer than expected?

 

[Swanand]

What do you mean with "clear the locks"? You must wait for the other tasks to finish (or cancel). Is there a task that is taking much longer than expected?

The process is showing , but it is in stuck mode and not using any cpu and memory ..

 

[Adam Camryn]

This usually means a stale lock from a previous task. First, check if another VM task is still running. If not, remove the lock file (/var/lock/qemu-server/lock-236981.conf) only after confirming no active process is using the VM. If it keeps happening, check the task logs for storage or cluster-related issues.