Backup failed: - can't aquire lock - Interrupted system call

hotwired007

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INFO: Starting Backup of VM 120 (qemu)
INFO: status = running
INFO: backup mode: snapshot
INFO: bandwidth limit: 35000 KB/s
INFO: ionice priority: 7
INFO: suspend vm to make snapshot
INFO: trying to aquire lock... failed
INFO: can't lock file '/var/log/pve/tasks/.active.lock' - can't aquire lock - Interrupted system call
ERROR: Backup of VM 120 failed - command 'qm suspend 120 --skiplock' failed: exit code 4

came in this morning to find one of my VMs paused and this in the logs - any suggestions what could have caused it? This is the first time ive seen this issue.

I'm running a proxmox 2.1 production cluster that i cannot afford any downtime to upgrade atm.
 

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