Locks

Use this page to view the current resource locks on this server.

You can remove locks if necessary. Contact OpenText Support for Micro Focus Products for more information and guidance on removing locks. To remove locks, click Remove Locks. This opens the Enable Lock Removal dialog box. If you accept the risk associated with removing locks and want to proceed, check I understand and want to proceed. This will enable the Remove Lock option in the Actions column. Clicking this will open the Remove Lock? dialog box which will prompt you to confirm the action.

CAUTION:
Incorrectly removing locks can result in system instability and corruption or loss of data.
Owner Process ID
The process ID (PID) of a process that has issued a lock or wishes to issue a lock.
Owner Process TID
The thread/task ID that owns the process.
Owner Lock Info
The Job No and Job Step of the lock owner.
ID
The resource ID allocated to the locked resource for the purposes of linking the information in the Lock Ownership part of the table with the information in the Resource Details part of the table.
Type
The type of lock. This can be either:
  • Exclusive
  • Shared
State
The state of the lock. Possible states are:
Controlled
The requester has control of the resource.
Waiting
The requester is waiting to gain control of the resource (synchronous request).
Pending
The requester has issued the request but has continued with other asynchronous request.
Persistence
Displays how long the lock lasts. Possible values are:
LUW
The lock lasts until the logical unit of work ends.
Task
The lock lasts until the task ends.
Lock Manager
There is no implicit release of the lock.
Process
The lock lasts until the process ends.
Sequence
The order in which requesters are to be handled.
QNAME
The type of target resource for the lock.
RNAME
The target resource name for the lock.
Share Mode
This can be either:
  • Exclusive
  • Shared
Length
The length of the resource name in characters.
Name
The name of the resource given to it by the requester.
Hex
The name of the resource given to it by the requester in hex, where applicable.
Scope
The scope for the lock:
N/A
Not applicable. This occurs when the enterprise server region is the Global Lock Manager.
LOCAL
The lock is local.
GLOBAL
The lock is global.