Error "1120005 Unable to lock file [\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\epmsystem2\EssbaseServer\essbaseserver1\app\xxx\xxx1\xxx.esm]. Please make sure other processes do not access Essbase files while Essbase server is running". (Doc ID 870982.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

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Symptoms

An ESSSVR process has a high CPU utilization.  The application log for that process has the error:

[Tue Jun 28 08:06:33 2016]Local/{appname}///4272/Error(1120006)
Unable to lock file [\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\epmsystem2\EssbaseServer\essbaseserver1\app\{appname}\{dbname}\{dbname}.esm]. Essbase will try again after a short delay.

[Tue Jun 28 08:06:34 2016]Local/{appname}///4272/Error(1120005)
Unable to lock file [\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\epmsystem2\EssbaseServer\essbaseserver1\app\{appname}\{dbname}\{dbname}.esm]. Please make sure other processes do not access Essbase files while Essbase server is running.

[Tue Jun 28 08:06:34 2016]Local/{appname}///4272/Warning(1007089)
Unable to open [\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\epmsystem2\EssbaseServer\essbaseserver1\app\{appname}\{dbname}\{dbname}.esm] for database [{dbname}]

Cause

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