Unable to update CVS repository due to cvslog.write.lock error
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Symptoms
The following appears in the atlassian-jira.log when updating CVS repository:
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2015-06-23 10:26:49,020 ERROR [atlassian.jira.vcs.DefaultRepositoryManager] Error occurred while updating repository 'xxx': Could not obtain lock 'C:\jira\cvs\cvslog.write.lock' in 10000 msecs.
com.atlassian.jira.util.LockException: Could not obtain lock 'C:\jira\cvs\cvslog.write.lock' in 10000 msecs.
at com.atlassian.jira.vcs.cvsimpl.CvsRepositoryUtilImpl.updateCvs(CvsRepositoryUtilImpl.java:246)
at com.atlassian.jira.vcs.cvsimpl.CvsRepository.updateCvs(CvsRepository.java:204)
at com.atlassian.jira.vcs.cvsimpl.CvsRepository.updateRepository(CvsRepository.java:295)
at com.atlassian.jira.vcs.DefaultRepositoryManager.updateRepository(DefaultRepositoryManager.java:489)
at com.atlassian.jira.vcs.DefaultRepositoryManager.updateRepositories(DefaultRepositoryManager.java:445)
at com.atlassian.jira.service.services.vcs.VcsService.run(VcsService.java:54)
at com.atlassian.jira.service.JiraServiceContainer.run(JiraServiceContainer.java:59)
Cause
The lock file is created each time JIRA updates the CVS module. If JIRA is stopped while it is working with CVS it will leave the lock file behind and the lock will need to be manually removed before restarting JIRA.
Resolution
Delete the lock file manually, see the following steps:
Stop JIRA
Remove the corresponding lock, for example
C:\jira\cvs\cvslog.write.lockRestart JIRA
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