NodeManager Errors after Oracle Flow Builder Patch 31996632 Installation: NMProcess: java.io.IOException: Could not obtain exclusive lock (Doc ID 2761746.1)

Last updated on MAY 09, 2023

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Symptoms

Oracle Application Testing Suite generates fatal error in NodeManager server after application of patch 31996632 for Oracle Flow Builder (OFB).

The "control.sh start" command results in this response:

NMProcess:PM weblogic.nodemanager.server.NMServer main
NMProcess: SEVERE: Fatal error in NodeManager server
NMProcess: java.io.IOException: Could not obtain exclusive lock with lockFile '/u01/oracle/oracleofb/ofb/nodemanager/nodemanager.process.lck'. This most likely indicates another NodeManager process is already running in this NodeManaagerHome.
NMProcess: at weblogic.nodemanager.server.NMServer.getNMFileLock(NMServer.java:254)
NMProcess: at weblogic.nodemanager.server.NMServer.(NMServer.java:153)
NMProcess: at weblogic.nodemanager.server.NMServer.getInstance(NMServer.java:134)
NMProcess: at weblogic.nodemanager.server.NMServer.main(NMServer.java:589)
NMProcess: at weblogic.NodeManager.main(NodeManager.java:31)
NMProcess:
NMProcess: + status=1
NMProcess: + set +x
NMProcess: /u01/oracle/oracleofb/ofb
NMProcess: Stopped draining NMProcess
NMProcess: Stopped draining NMProcess
Successfully Connected to Node Manager.
wls:/nm/ofb> /u01/oracle/oracleofb/scripts

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