TIBCO Administrator Domain service startup error, "Error in running repository servlet : AUTH_;DomainName; cannot lock for update: Missing instance lock file magic number"

TIBCO Administrator Domain service startup error, "Error in running repository servlet : AUTH_;DomainName; cannot lock for update: Missing instance lock file magic number"

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Article ID: KB0093794

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Description

Description:
TIBCO Administrator Domain service startup issues. Error in the log shows:


2015 Oct 28 00:01:17:484 CDT Repository.Pre Info [Configuration] AEREPO-300017 starting file instance AUTH_Pre
com.tibco.infra.repository.NotAllowedException: AUTH_Pre cannot lock for update: Missing instance lock file magic number
    at com.tibco.repo.FileRepoServer.lockInstance(FileRepoServer.java:317)
    at com.tibco.repo.RemoteRepoProcess.a(RemoteRepoProcess.java:5049)
    at com.tibco.repo.RemoteRepoProcess.a(RemoteRepoProcess.java:533)
    at com.tibco.repo.RemoteRepoProcess.<init>(RemoteRepoProcess.java:209)
    at com.tibco.repo.RemoteRepoServlet$RemoteRepoProcessThread.run(RemoteRepoServlet.java:150)
2015 Oct 28 00:01:17:575 CDT Repository.Pre Error [Servlet] AEREPO-100012 Error in running repository servlet : AUTH_Pre cannot lock for update: Missing instance lock file magic number
com.tibco.pof.entity.EntityStoreException: com.tibco.infra.repository.OperationFailedException: error creating client
instance SYS_Pre not found
    at com.tibco.pof.entitystore.tibrepo.TibRepoEntityStore.init(TibRepoEntityStore.java:359)
    at com.tibco.pof.entitystore.EntityStoreManager.a(EntityStoreManager.java:221)
    at com.tibco.pof.entitystore.EntityStoreManager.getEntityStore(EntityStoreManager.java:202)


Symptoms:
TIBCO Administrator Domain server fails to start.


Cause:
The Administrator Domain service can not start because the admin user can not update the service. This is because the repository. dat file is locked which usually occurs from a previous start where admin was not properly shutdown.

Resolution

Remove *.lck" files in <tibco_home>/administrator/domain/<domain>/data .

Issue/Introduction

TIBCO Administrator Domain service startup error, "Error in running repository servlet : AUTH_;DomainName; cannot lock for update: Missing instance lock file magic number"