# Auditbeat and Filebeat ERROR instance/beat.go:951 Exiting: data path already locked by another beat **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat, auditbeat, elastic-agent\ **Created:** [October 7, 2020, 2:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-and-filebeat-error-instance-beat-go-951-exiting-data-path-already-locked-by-another-beat/251201 "2020-10-07T02:16:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bilal\_abudan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bilal_abudan/32/76709_2.png) [@bilal\_abudan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bilal_abudan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 2:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-and-filebeat-error-instance-beat-go-951-exiting-data-path-already-locked-by-another-beat/251201/1 "2020-10-07T02:16:07Z")
Can someone help please...???? I am using Filebeat and Auditbeat, but when i start the services there's an error : ```auto ERROR instance/beat.go:951 Exiting: data path already locked by another beat. Please make sure that multiple beats are not sharing the same data path (path.data). Exiting: data path already locked by another beat. Please make sure that multiple beats are not sharing the same data path (path.data). ``` This error is happen intermittent, sometime good sometime error. What need to do to fixing this permanently? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-and-filebeat-error-instance-beat-go-951-exiting-data-path-already-locked-by-another-beat/251201/2 "2020-11-04T04:16:07Z")
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