ElasticSearch failure on startup

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2011-07-08 22:52:35,176 [elasticsearch[cached]-pool-1-thread-2] WARN  org.elasticsearch.cluster.action.shard - [Tempest] sending failed shard for [a2index][0], node[1gELJqSGTZ2vSMnTX4jZQQ], [P], s[INITIALIZING], reason [Failed to start shard, message [IndexShardGatewayRecoveryException[[a2index][0] failed recovery]; nested: EngineCreationFailureException[[a2index][0] Failed to create engine]; nested: IOException[read past EOF]; ]]
2011-07-08 22:52:35,176 [elasticsearch[cached]-pool-1-thread-2] WARN  org.elasticsearch.cluster.action.shard - [Tempest] received shard failed for [a2index][0], node[1gELJqSGTZ2vSMnTX4jZQQ], [P], s[INITIALIZING], reason [Failed to start shard, message [IndexShardGatewayRecoveryException[[a2index][0] failed recovery]; nested: EngineCreationFailureException[[a2index][0] Failed to create engine]; nested: IOException[read past EOF]; ]]
2011-07-08 22:52:41,242 [elasticsearch[cached]-pool-1-thread-2] WARN  org.elasticsearch.indices.cluster - [Tempest] [a2index][0] failed to start shard
org.elasticsearch.index.gateway.IndexShardGatewayRecoveryException: [a2index][0] failed recovery
        at org.elasticsearch.index.gateway.IndexShardGatewayService$1.run(IndexShardGatewayService.java:194)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: org.elasticsearch.index.engine.EngineCreationFailureException: [a2index][0] Failed to create engine
        at org.elasticsearch.index.engine.robin.RobinEngine.start(RobinEngine.java:226)
        at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.service.InternalIndexShard.start(InternalIndexShard.java:243)
        at org.elasticsearch.index.gateway.local.LocalIndexShardGateway.recover(LocalIndexShardGateway.java:113)
        at org.elasticsearch.index.gateway.IndexShardGatewayService$1.run(IndexShardGatewayService.java:144)
        ... 3 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: read past EOF
        at org.apache.lucene.store.BufferedIndexInput.refill(BufferedIndexInput.java:207)
        at org.apache.lucene.store.BufferedIndexInput.readByte(BufferedIndexInput.java:39)
        at org.apache.lucene.store.ChecksumIndexInput.readByte(ChecksumIndexInput.java:40)
        at org.apache.lucene.store.IndexInput.readInt(IndexInput.java:71)
        at org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentInfos.read(SegmentInfos.java:260)
        at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexFileDeleter.<init>(IndexFileDeleter.java:168)
        at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter.<init>(IndexWriter.java:1155)
        at org.elasticsearch.index.engine.robin.RobinEngine.createWriter(RobinEngine.java:1000)
        at org.elasticsearch.index.engine.robin.RobinEngine.start(RobinEngine.java:224)
        ... 6 more
2011-07-08 22:52:41,242 [elasticsearch[cached]-pool-1-thread-2] WARN  org.elasticsearch.indices.cluster - [Tempest] [a2index][0] failed to start shard
org.elasticsearch.index.gateway.IndexShardGatewayRecoveryException: [a2index][0] failed recovery
        at org.elasticsearch.index.gateway.IndexShardGatewayService$1.run(IndexShardGatewayService.java:194)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: org.elasticsearch.index.engine.EngineCreationFailureException: [a2index][0] Failed to create engine
        at org.elasticsearch.index.engine.robin.RobinEngine.start(RobinEngine.java:226)
        at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.service.InternalIndexShard.start(InternalIndexShard.java:243)
        at org.elasticsearch.index.gateway.local.LocalIndexShardGateway.recover(LocalIndexShardGateway.java:113)
        at org.elasticsearch.index.gateway.IndexShardGatewayService$1.run(IndexShardGatewayService.java:144)
        ... 3 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: read past EOF
        at org.apache.lucene.store.BufferedIndexInput.refill(BufferedIndexInput.java:207)
        at org.apache.lucene.store.BufferedIndexInput.readByte(BufferedIndexInput.java:39)
        at org.apache.lucene.store.ChecksumIndexInput.readByte(ChecksumIndexInput.java:40)
        at org.apache.lucene.store.IndexInput.readInt(IndexInput.java:71)
        at org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentInfos.read(SegmentInfos.java:260)
        at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexFileDeleter.<init>(IndexFileDeleter.java:168)
        at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter.<init>(IndexWriter.java:1155)
        at org.elasticsearch.index.engine.robin.RobinEngine.createWriter(RobinEngine.java:1000)
        at org.elasticsearch.index.engine.robin.RobinEngine.start(RobinEngine.java:224)
        ... 6 more

Did you ever get this resolved? I am having a similar problem.

Which version of ES are you using?

0.17 Steve Suo Managing Partner InfoLiberator.com 503-936-3769 stevesuo@infoliberator.com

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On Nov 7, 2011, at 11:13 PM, Peter wrote: Which version of ES are you using? --- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://gist.github.com/1072794

well this is a rather old version, where a major lucene bugs exists. try upgrading + asking on google groups. I had the problem (if I remember correctly) after an unnormal crash of the system.