IBM® InfoSphere DataStage Error: Job xxx is being accessed by another user

Perform the following actions:

1. Check the active sessions with the web console. If the job is listed, disconnect the session. In the web console, click the Administration tab. In the Navigation pane, select Session Management > Active Sessions. The Active Sessions pane shows the users that are currently connected to the server.
2. Check for universe locks and clear them.
   1. Start the DataStage Director
   2. Go to Select Job > Cleanup Resources. If the Cleanup Resources option is disabled, skip to step i, where you start the DataStage Administrator client.
   3. In the Processes pane, click Show All
   4. In the Locks pane, click Show All
   5. In the Locks pane, scroll to the job name in the Item ID field
   6. Note the PID/User # associated with the job
   7. Click the PID # in the upper pane (Processes)
   8. Click Show by process (Locks pane)
   9. Start the DataStage Administrator
   10. In the Projects tab, highlight the job
   11. Click Properties
   12. Check Enable job administration in Director
   13. Click OK
   14. Click close
   15. Exit DataStage Director and relaunch
   16. Repeat steps C through I.
   17. Log in to the server as the dsadm user
   18. cd to the DSEngine directory
   19. Enter ./dsenv to source the dsenv file
   20. Enter ./bin/uvsh to get into DataStage prompt
   21. At ">" DataStage engine prompt, enter LOGTO project name
   22. Run LIST.READU EVERY to list all the locks
   23. Check active record locks under "Item Id" column for job name or RT_CONFIG# or RT_LOG# (# matches the job description number
   24. Write down the Inode numbers and user numbers that are associated with these locks
   25. Enter LOGTO UV. If the LOGTO command is disabled, enter the following command:

       CHDIR path_to_the_DSEngine_folder

       The UNLOCK command lives in the UV account.
   26. Enter UNLOCK INODE inode# USER user# ALL
   27. You can use Q to get out of DataStage engine
3. Use the xmetaAdmin cleanupAbandonedLocks utility to clear any abandoned locks. The xmetaAdmin cleanupAbandonedLocks utility deletes session locks from the Information Server repository that were left over from some usage of an Information Server suite application such as DataStage. Log in to the services tier as the root user on UNIX or Linux or as an Administrator user on Windows.
   On UNIX or Linux:

   cd /opt/IBM/InformationServer/ASBServer/bin
   
   ./xmetaAdmin.sh cleanupAbandonedLocks -dbfile ../conf/database.properties

   On Windows:

   cd c:\IBM\InformationServer\ASBServer\bin
   
   xmetaAdmin.bat cleanupAbandonedLocks -dbfile ..\conf\database.properties