BR020E BRARCHIVE already running or was killed BR021I Please delete file /oracle/<SID>/saparch/.lock.bra if BRARCHIVE was killed BR022E Setting BRARCHIVE lock failed BR007I End of offline redo log processing: xxxxxxx.cds 2011-01-30 02.22.12 BR280I Time stamp 2011-01-30 02.22.12 BR005I BRARCHIVE terminated with errors
The .lock.bra file is a locking mechanism which is created every time BRARCHIVE starts to make sure only one session of BRARCHIVE is running at a time. When BRARCHIVE is ending successfully, it deletes this lock file, but when BRARCHIVE are killed or stops abnormally for some reason, it often fails to delete the lock file. So, in order to overcome this issue, we need to remove the lock.bra file in the operating system level.
1. Login to the affected operating system. Go to /oracle/<SID>/saparch/ directory and find the .lock.bra file. Remove it now!
# cd /oracle/<SID>/saparch/ # ls # rm -rf .lock.bra
