Unable to start PHYLock for drive C: You may need to reduce the cache size. [Solved]
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 6:41 am
Out of nowhere, IFW 2.85 has started giving me issues with PHYLock failing to lock a drive for backup. It's been working fine for years. I read the bulletin about this and have been steadily decreasing /plcs from 16384. I'm down to 12288 and still getting this error. I added /logl:50 to try and obtain more info so someone here can tell me what the actual problem is. Please keep in mind that the system has been working fine with all of the arguments listed for years.
Windows XP system with 4GB of RAM, and 75 GB HD partition IFW is backing up.
Here's the log:
[4/28/22 9:05:30 PM] /b /uy /ui /err /d:1 /purge:-6 /plvolf /pldisk:1 /pldcs:4095 /plcs:12288 /plmem:0 /iobs:A /plmwt:1 /logl:50 /logfile:c:\documents and settings\xxxx\desktop\ifw.log /f:t:\Fullback\Server\C\$~MM$-$~DD$-$~YYYY$
[4/28/22 9:05:30 PM] Image for Windows 2.85 (GUI)
[4/28/22 9:05:30 PM] Starting ...
imagew.exe /b /uy /ui /d:w1 /f:"t:\Fullback\Server\C\$~MM$-$~DD$-$~YYYY$" /iobs:0 /err /purge:-6
[4/28/22 9:05:31 PM] Deleting t:\Fullback\Server\C\04-28-2022.TBI
[4/28/22 9:05:32 PM] Unable to lock volume \\?\Volume{cb169a90-cfce-11dc-8681-806d6172696f} (C:)
[4/28/22 9:05:32 PM] PHYLock is waiting for drive writing to stop ...
[4/28/22 9:05:32 PM] PHYLOCK: Check Point - DLD
[4/28/22 9:05:32 PM] PHYLOCK: Check Point - SCLN
[4/28/22 9:05:32 PM] PHYLOCK: Check Point - BSFN
[4/28/22 9:05:32 PM] PHYLOCK: Check Point - SFN:C:\PHYLOCK.SWP
[4/28/22 9:05:32 PM] PHYLOCK: Check Point - GNR
[4/28/22 9:05:36 PM] PHYLOCK: Check Point - NR:69934
[4/28/22 9:05:39 PM] PHYLOCK: Check Point - EXIT
[4/28/22 9:05:39 PM] PHYLock Failed to Start
[4/28/22 9:05:39 PM] Unable to start PHYLock for drive C:
You may need to reduce the cache size.
[4/28/22 9:05:39 PM] Locking Ignored
[4/28/22 9:05:45 PM] Backup: Drive 1 (C:) C_RAID_75GB Partition (01) 76317 MiB FAT-32
[4/28/22 9:05:45 PM] To: t:\Fullback\Server\C\04-28-2022.TBI
[4/28/22 10:37:56 PM] INFO: Total Sectors:156296322 Total Allocated:142306024
[4/28/22 10:37:56 PM] INFO: 133950184 Sector(s) backed up
[4/28/22 10:37:59 PM] Operation Completed with Error Code 0
Windows XP system with 4GB of RAM, and 75 GB HD partition IFW is backing up.
Here's the log:
[4/28/22 9:05:30 PM] /b /uy /ui /err /d:1 /purge:-6 /plvolf /pldisk:1 /pldcs:4095 /plcs:12288 /plmem:0 /iobs:A /plmwt:1 /logl:50 /logfile:c:\documents and settings\xxxx\desktop\ifw.log /f:t:\Fullback\Server\C\$~MM$-$~DD$-$~YYYY$
[4/28/22 9:05:30 PM] Image for Windows 2.85 (GUI)
[4/28/22 9:05:30 PM] Starting ...
imagew.exe /b /uy /ui /d:w1 /f:"t:\Fullback\Server\C\$~MM$-$~DD$-$~YYYY$" /iobs:0 /err /purge:-6
[4/28/22 9:05:31 PM] Deleting t:\Fullback\Server\C\04-28-2022.TBI
[4/28/22 9:05:32 PM] Unable to lock volume \\?\Volume{cb169a90-cfce-11dc-8681-806d6172696f} (C:)
[4/28/22 9:05:32 PM] PHYLock is waiting for drive writing to stop ...
[4/28/22 9:05:32 PM] PHYLOCK: Check Point - DLD
[4/28/22 9:05:32 PM] PHYLOCK: Check Point - SCLN
[4/28/22 9:05:32 PM] PHYLOCK: Check Point - BSFN
[4/28/22 9:05:32 PM] PHYLOCK: Check Point - SFN:C:\PHYLOCK.SWP
[4/28/22 9:05:32 PM] PHYLOCK: Check Point - GNR
[4/28/22 9:05:36 PM] PHYLOCK: Check Point - NR:69934
[4/28/22 9:05:39 PM] PHYLOCK: Check Point - EXIT
[4/28/22 9:05:39 PM] PHYLock Failed to Start
[4/28/22 9:05:39 PM] Unable to start PHYLock for drive C:
You may need to reduce the cache size.
[4/28/22 9:05:39 PM] Locking Ignored
[4/28/22 9:05:45 PM] Backup: Drive 1 (C:) C_RAID_75GB Partition (01) 76317 MiB FAT-32
[4/28/22 9:05:45 PM] To: t:\Fullback\Server\C\04-28-2022.TBI
[4/28/22 10:37:56 PM] INFO: Total Sectors:156296322 Total Allocated:142306024
[4/28/22 10:37:56 PM] INFO: 133950184 Sector(s) backed up
[4/28/22 10:37:59 PM] Operation Completed with Error Code 0