[2016-03-30 22:51:39,322][WARN ][gateway ] [Ani-Mator] [[i/CetR0D_FTdmYi5IcTE55EA]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
[2016-03-30 22:51:39,335][WARN ][gateway ] [Ani-Mator] [[i/CetR0D_FTdmYi5IcTE55EA]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
[2016-03-30 22:51:39,375][WARN ][gateway ] [Ani-Mator] [[i/CetR0D_FTdmYi5IcTE55EA]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
[2016-03-30 22:51:39,495][WARN ][gateway ] [Ani-Mator] [[i/CetR0D_FTdmYi5IcTE55EA]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
[2016-03-30 22:51:39,524][WARN ][gateway ] [Ani-Mator] [[i/CetR0D_FTdmYi5IcTE55EA]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
[2016-03-30 22:51:39,543][WARN ][gateway ] [Ani-Mator] [[i/CetR0D_FTdmYi5IcTE55EA]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
[2016-03-30 22:51:39,571][WARN ][gateway ] [Ani-Mator] [[i/CetR0D_FTdmYi5IcTE55EA]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
[2016-03-30 22:51:39,630][WARN ][gateway ] [Ani-Mator] [[i/CetR0D_FTdmYi5IcTE55EA]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
[2016-03-30 22:51:40,049][WARN ][gateway ] [Ani-Mator] [[i/CetR0D_FTdmYi5IcTE55EA]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
[2016-03-30 22:51:40,183][WARN ][gateway ] [Ani-Mator] [[i/CetR0D_FTdmYi5IcTE55EA]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
[2016-03-30 22:51:40,214][WARN ][gateway ] [Ani-Mator] [[i/CetR0D_FTdmYi5IcTE55EA]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
[2016-03-30 22:51:40,251][WARN ][gateway ] [Ani-Mator] [[i/CetR0D_FTdmYi5IcTE55EA]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
[2016-03-30 22:51:40,573][WARN ][gateway ] [Ani-Mator] [[i/CetR0D_FTdmYi5IcTE55EA]] can not be imported as a dangling index, as index with same name already exists in cluster metadata
I tried to reproduce this from a fresh cluster, but it did not immediately reproduce. I restored the shared data directory for this cluster from backup and the issue appeared again so there appears to be something special here.
While investigating #17319, I had started two nodes built from master, and indexed some data. I thought I killed these nodes but one of them was still running. I started another node and it produced the following in its logs:
I tried to reproduce this from a fresh cluster, but it did not immediately reproduce. I restored the shared data directory for this cluster from backup and the issue appeared again so there appears to be something special here.
/path/to/elasticsearch/path/to/elasticsearch/data/path/to/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch