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Excel shared workbook on CIFS

leekelley — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:01:55 GMT

Are there know issues with utilizing MS Excel "Shared" workbook on CIFS. We are receiving an error that the file is locked, but I have verified with the Lock Status from the filer that the file is NOT locked. I have terminated the user session in a last ditch attempt to unlock the file, but this also did not release the lock. I am aware that I can terminate and restart the CIFS during non production hours, but would like to know if this issue was caused by the fact that this is a "Shared" Excel workbook.

Excel shared workbook on CIFS

darraghos — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:23:00 GMT

Hi,

I have a similar issue with Excel 2007 running on windows 7. A Shared workbook will be access by a user. They will close out of it and save some changes. Thye may open it later to be told that they themselevs have it locked for editing. When i check on the filer there is an oplock open against that machine and user for the file. I think this is an issue with windows 7 not releasing the lock rather than the filer but i'll post here in case anyone has information about it.

Excel shared workbook on CIFS

leekelley — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:52:39 GMT

Thank you for your post...

Although on the NetApp Filer when executing the lock status command, did not show the file status as locked, I was able to unlock the file with the command below, utilizing lock break owner..

lock break -o owner [-f file] [-p protocol] (valid for CIFS only)

Excel shared workbook on CIFS

__jeremypage_3897 — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:32:54 GMT

You also may want to try using the Windows Management MMC to do this

1) Right Click on My Computer & select Manage

2) Right Click on COmputer Managment (Local) and select Connect to another computer...

3) Enter the name of the filer

4) Drill down to Shared Folders > Open FIles

You should be able to close files from here. May be easier for some folks than using SSH.

Re: Excel shared workbook on CIFS

darraghos — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:11:49 GMT

I ended up applying 7.2.3 P2 to resolve this issue