BEA-171520 Could not obtain an exclusive lock for directory

Warning EmbeddedLDAP BEA-171520 Could not obtain an exclusive lock for directory: /home/osbadmin/pierretests/domains/osb_domain/servers/ms1/data/ldap/ldapfiles. Waiting for 10 seconds and then retrying in case existing WebLogic Server is still shutting down.



Just delete any .lok file in that directory and try again

If you find this:


Unable to obtain lock on /home/osbadmin/pierretests/domains/osb_domain/servers/ms1/tmp/ms1.lok. Server may already be running


then
a) make sure server is not running
b) rm /home/osbadmin/pierretests/domains/osb_domain/servers/ms1/tmp/ms1.lok