In Windows "Error 1053" shows on WA Agent restart, logs show "Internal Error has occurred"

Products

• Workload Automation Agent

Issue/Introduction

When restarting WA Agent on Windows OS, the service shows this error message

 

 

Environment

Release : Any

Component : Workload Automation System Agent

OS: Windows 

Cause

WA Agent is unable to make changes (write / delete) its files.

XX/XX/2021 00:00:12.345-0400: Queue::cleanQueue Unable to delete database\queue_transmitter_for_os.odb: 32(The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.)
09/10/2021 06:12:52.958-0400: Runner: Internal error has occured. Exiting

Resolution

During shutdown, agent tries cleanup some of its files.  If another process has a hold on the agent database, log and spool directory, then it will not be able to properly shutdown.  Some windows anti-virus or security applications may have a hold on the agent directory files.

It is recommended to exempt agent directory file scanning by Anti-Virus or related software.