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error message "Database is being updated by another Confluence instance"

Leroy Llamas
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November 21, 2014

Has anyone seen this error before? We are running Confluence 5.6 and started receiving this error just now.

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November 21, 2014

More than likely there is another instance running. This could be a stuck previous process or another instance using the same database. Check the connections going to the database.

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November 21, 2014

Someone just started a Test instance using the same database?

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