Synch Web Application : Failure

This is real pathetic to see such exception errors--

" Failure trying to synch web application "Some GUID" ContentDB "Some GUID" Exception message was Lock request time out period exceeded ".

Work-Around : Though you have to test it before implementing it in your production environment.

verify the number in cache.ini on all web-front ends in farm.

Ideally, different numbers indicate that the servers are not in sync.

Restting the password could solve your purpose.

Follow the KB article 934838 @

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934838

Also sometimes Reseting the file system cache could resolved many issues.

So stop the timer services

Stop this service by right clicking on it

%ALLUSERSPROFILE% \Application Data\Microsoft\SharePoint\Config\GUID

> Leave the cache.ini as it is.

> Delete all other files (all guid.xml)since they are timer jobs related.

> Open cache.ini in notepad and change the number to 0.

Now start the "Timer Services".

Check again the value in cache.ini for 

%ALLUSERSPROFILE% \Application Data\Microsoft\SharePoint\Config\GUID ; 

if it has changed to some other value then 0; your all web server has been synched with same timer job definitions.

Cheers