This article applies to:
OS: Windows
Product edition: inSync Cloud
Problem description
Backup on inSync Client fails with the following error:
OperationalError: database is locked.
Traceback
📝 Note
[2017-12-04 1027:21,509]ERROR] Error <class 'pysqlite2._sqlite.OperationalError'>:database is locked. Traceback -Traceback (most recent call last):
File "inSyncLib\inSyncSyncer.pyc", line 4037, in dosync
File "inSyncLib\inSyncSyncer.pyc", line 4284, in syncfolders
File "inSyncLib\inSyncSyncer.pyc", line 1931, in sync
File "inSyncLib\inSyncSyncer.pyc", line 2229, in cleanup
File "inSyncLib\inSyncRHCache.pyc", line 103, in free_share
File "inSyncLib\inSyncRHCache.pyc", line 173, in __retry
File "inSyncLib\inSyncRHCache.pyc", line 134, in __db_free
OperationalError: database is locked
[2017-12-04 10:27:21,529] [WARNING] Backup failed. Error: database is locked.
Cause
Some of the causes of this error are as follows:
Antivirus scanning enabled for Druva folders on the device.
Low disk space on the system drive.
Read and write getting impacted due to very high disk utilization on the device.
Some other application has a handle on inSync Client.
inSync Client database files have gone corrupt.
Resolution
You must investigate the possible cause to avoid recurrence due to same reason.
Stop Druva services on the device and enable debug logging (create CDEBUG folder on root of C: drive)
Start inSync services and run a manual backup.
When the error reoccurs, check the file for which the error has occurred. The logs will be available at C:\ProgramData\Druva\inSync4\<username>\logs or C:\inSync4\users\<username>\logs. The file to check for is named as inSyncClient.XXXXXXXX-XXXXXX.log (where XX is the most recent timestamp).
Open the process explorer and check if there is any handle on the file in question or in the inSync database.
Kill the process explorer and start another manual backup after the process explorer has completely stopped.
If you do not find a handle, restart the inSync Client and start a manual backup.
If the issue persists, contact Druva Support.