Before you begin reading this guide, we recommend you run Elasticsearch Error Check-Up which can resolve issues that cause many errors.
This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” Unable to delete global metadata file ” to appear. It’s important to understand the issues related to the log, so to get started, read the general overview on common issues and tips related to the Elasticsearch concepts: blobstore, delete, discovery-file, metadata and repositories.
Advanced users might want to skip right to the common problems section in each concept or try running the Check-Up which analyses ES to pinpoint the cause of many errors and provides suitable actionable recommendations how to resolve them (free tool that requires no installation).
Overview
DELETE is an Elasticsearch API which removes a document from a specific index. This API requires an index name and _id document to delete the document.
Delete a document
DELETE /my_index/_doc/1
Notes
- A delete request throws 404 error code if the document does not already exist in the index.
- If you want to delete a set of documents that matches a query, you need to use delete by query API.
Log Context
Log “Unable to delete global metadata file [{}]” classname is BlobStoreRepository.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
} catch (IOException e) {
if (snapshotInfo != null) {
logger.warn(() -> new ParameterizedMessage("[{}] Unable to delete global metadata file [{}]";
snapshotInfo.snapshotId(); blobId); e);
} else {
logger.warn(() -> new ParameterizedMessage("Unable to delete global metadata file [{}]"; blobId); e);
}
}
}
private void deleteIndexMetaDataBlobIgnoringErrors(final SnapshotInfo snapshotInfo; final IndexId indexId) {
