Failure During Switch-Version: ERROR: Acquiring lock failed

Do you really want to switch between versions ?

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Switching Version and Restarting the Appliance …

Switch version duration can vary depending on the database size
and platform configuration. Please continue to monitor the
switchover process from here.
Waiting ……………………………………

Operation failed

ERROR: Acquiring lock failed

Easily solved with a simple reboot, then retry on the switch-version.

If this does fail, next steps would be:

  • Switch-version using Recovery CD
  • TAC case with Remote Account, and TAC to edit GRUB configuration file

 

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