lock file

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    Unable to acquire lock "/var/log/proxmox-backup/tasks/.active.lock"

    We noticed backups failing due to the reason: Unable to acquire lock "/var/log/proxmox-backup/tasks/.active.lock" We got a similar error (only at random times) as this thread: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/backup-fails-unable-toacquire-lock-var-log-proxmox-backup-tasks-active-lock.183852/...
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    Should there always be lock files in the /var/lock/* folders?

    I was doing some server maintenance today and migrating some containers/VMs and twice I ran into issues with migration due to the following error: TASK ERROR: can't lock file '/var/lock/pve-manager/pve-migrate-xxx' - got timeout This happened with 2 different servers and 2 different...
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    ACPI enable or disable?

    I saw this in a recent post. Not wanting to hijack the post I created this one. Nov 12, 2021 Be sure to deactivate all acpi states in the BIOS. I had problems on all newer AMD chipsets with acpi (cpu) states enabled while running...