# [JSQLSYNCD_PID_FILE_UPDATE](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=JSQLSYNCD_PID_FILE_UPDATE)

## SYSLOG Details
- **Message**: Unable to update process PID file: <variable>error-message</variable>
- **Help**: jsqlsyncd could not update PID file
- **Description**: The jsqlsyncd tried to write to the file that records its process ID (PID), which serves to prevent multiple instances of the process from running simultaneously. It could not update the file and exited after logging this message.
- **Type**: SNO: Should Not Occur
- **Severity**: error
- **Cause**: -
- **Action**: -
- **Attributes**: error-message
- **Facility**: LOG_DAEMON

## Found this message in the following releases:
- [Junos OS 24.2R1](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=JSQLSYNCD_PID_FILE_UPDATE&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=24.2R1)
- [Junos OS 23.4R1](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=JSQLSYNCD_PID_FILE_UPDATE&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=23.4R1)