# A file written by master to the store cannot be accessed on the node

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-file-written-by-master-to-the-store-cannot-be-accessed-on-the-node/294247>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** snapshot-and-restore\
**Created:** [January 13, 2022, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-file-written-by-master-to-the-store-cannot-be-accessed-on-the-node/294247 "2022-01-13T09:05:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![mihai.prichindel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@mihai.prichindel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mihai.prichindel)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-file-written-by-master-to-the-store-cannot-be-accessed-on-the-node/294247/1 "2022-01-13T09:05:27Z")

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I am using Elasticsearch 7.8.0.  
When I want to make backups, most of the time everything is working fine, but from time to time I am getting the following error and backup fails:

```auto
[2021-06-02T09:50:25,297][WARN][r.suppressed] [node-172.24.90.194] path: /_snapshot/MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967, params: {master_timeout=30s, repository=MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967, timeout=30s}
org.elasticsearch.repositories.RepositoryVerificationException: [MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967] [[iXj7aOiXTQSagzYnT5p5Bg, 'RemoteTransportException[[node-172.24.90.199][172.24.90.199:9311][internal:admin/repository/verify]]; nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967] a file written by master to the store [/home/vnv_lab/nfs_client_share/MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967] cannot be accessed on the node [{node-172.24.90.199}{iXj7aOiXTQSagzYnT5p5Bg}{vi-MQaGuTgea93Z-4AOlWQ}{172.24.90.199}{172.24.90.199:9311}{dimrt}{xpack.installed=true, transform.node=true}]. This might indicate that the store [/home/vnv_lab/nfs_client_share/MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967] is not shared between this node and the master node or that permissions on the store don't allow reading files written by the master node]; nested: NoSuchFileException[/home/vnv_lab/nfs_client_share/MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967/tests-yRRk-kZXQ3anBMDXI1NvPQ/master.dat];']]
	at org.elasticsearch.repositories.VerifyNodeRepositoryAction.finishVerification(VerifyNodeRepositoryAction.java:118) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
	at org.elasticsearch.repositories.VerifyNodeRepositoryAction.access$000(VerifyNodeRepositoryAction.java:49) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
	at org.elasticsearch.repositories.VerifyNodeRepositoryAction$1.handleException(VerifyNodeRepositoryAction.java:107) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
	at org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService$ContextRestoreResponseHandler.handleException(TransportService.java:1173) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
	at org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService$ContextRestoreResponseHandler.handleException(TransportService.java:1173) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
	at org.elasticsearch.transport.InboundHandler.lambda$handleException$2(InboundHandler.java:235) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
	at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.EsExecutors$DirectExecutorService.execute(EsExecutors.java:226) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
	at org.elasticsearch.transport.InboundHandler.handleException(InboundHandler.java:233) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
	at org.elasticsearch.transport.InboundHandler.handlerResponseError(InboundHandler.java:225) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
	at org.elasticsearch.transport.InboundHandler.messageReceived(InboundHandler.java:115) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
	at org.elasticsearch.transport.InboundHandler.inboundMessage(InboundHandler.java:78) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
	at org.elasticsearch.transport.TcpTransport.inboundMessage(TcpTransport.java:692) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
	at org.elasticsearch.transport.InboundPipeline.forwardFragments(InboundPipeline.java:142) [elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
	at org.elasticsearch.transport.InboundPipeline.doHandleBytes(InboundPipeline.java:117) [elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
	at org.elasticsearch.transport.InboundPipeline.handleBytes(InboundPipeline.java:82) [elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
	at org.elasticsearch.transport.netty4.Netty4MessageChannelHandler.channelRead(Netty4MessageChannelHandler.java:73) [transport-netty4-client-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:357) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.handler.logging.LoggingHandler.channelRead(LoggingHandler.java:271) [netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:357) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.unwrap(SslHandler.java:1518) [netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.decodeJdkCompatible(SslHandler.java:1267) [netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.decode(SslHandler.java:1314) [netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.decodeRemovalReentryProtection(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:501) [netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.callDecode(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:440) [netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.channelRead(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:276) [netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:357) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$HeadContext.channelRead(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:1410) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.fireChannelRead(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:919) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.nio.AbstractNioByteChannel$NioByteUnsafe.read(AbstractNioByteChannel.java:163) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKey(NioEventLoop.java:714) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeysPlain(NioEventLoop.java:615) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeys(NioEventLoop.java:578) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:493) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$4.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:989) [netty-common-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap$2.run(ThreadExecutorMap.java:74) [netty-common-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [?:1.8.0_242]

```

```auto
2021-06-02 09:50:25,301 ERROR {pool-13619-thread-1} [no.nera.ngnms.sysman.bsl.cmd.database.es.backup.task.ESBackupTask] Error encountered 
ElasticsearchStatusException[Elasticsearch exception [type=repository_verification_exception, reason=[MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967] [[iXj7aOiXTQSagzYnT5p5Bg, 'RemoteTransportException[[node-172.24.90.199][172.24.90.199:9311][internal:admin/repository/verify]]; nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967] a file written by master to the store [/home/vnv_lab/nfs_client_share/MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967] cannot be accessed on the node [{node-172.24.90.199}{iXj7aOiXTQSagzYnT5p5Bg}{vi-MQaGuTgea93Z-4AOlWQ}{172.24.90.199}{172.24.90.199:9311}{dimrt}{xpack.installed=true, transform.node=true}]. This might indicate that the store [/home/vnv_lab/nfs_client_share/MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967] is not shared between this node and the master node or that permissions on the store don't allow reading files written by the master node]; nested: NoSuchFileException[/home/vnv_lab/nfs_client_share/MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967/tests-yRRk-kZXQ3anBMDXI1NvPQ/master.dat];']]]]
	at org.elasticsearch.rest.BytesRestResponse.errorFromXContent(BytesRestResponse.java:177)
	at org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClient.parseEntity(RestHighLevelClient.java:1897)
	at org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClient.parseResponseException(RestHighLevelClient.java:1867)
	at org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClient.internalPerformRequest(RestHighLevelClient.java:1624)
	at org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClient.performRequest(RestHighLevelClient.java:1581)
	at org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClient.performRequestAndParseEntity(RestHighLevelClient.java:1551)
	at org.elasticsearch.client.SnapshotClient.createRepository(SnapshotClient.java:101)
	at com.telecom.nms.server.common.elasticsearch.impl.ESRepositoryService.createRepository(ESRepositoryService.java:145)
	at com.telecom.nms.server.common.elasticsearch.impl.ESAdminClientImpl.createRepository(ESAdminClientImpl.java:479)
	at no.nera.ngnms.sysman.es.client.ESClientGatewayImpl.createRepository(ESClientGatewayImpl.java:291)
	at no.nera.ngnms.sysman.es.ClusterClientFacadeImpl.reAddRepository(ClusterClientFacadeImpl.java:257)
	at no.nera.ngnms.sysman.bsl.cmd.database.es.backup.task.ESBackupTask.call(ESBackupTask.java:49)
	at no.nera.ngnms.sysman.bsl.cmd.database.es.backup.task.ESBackupTask.call(ESBackupTask.java:1)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
	Suppressed: org.elasticsearch.client.ResponseException: method [PUT], host [https://172.24.90.194:9211], URI [/_snapshot/MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967?master_timeout=30s&timeout=30s], status line [HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error]
{"error":{"root_cause":[{"type":"repository_verification_exception","reason":"[MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967] [[iXj7aOiXTQSagzYnT5p5Bg, 'RemoteTransportException[[node-172.24.90.199][172.24.90.199:9311][internal:admin/repository/verify]]; nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967] a file written by master to the store [/home/vnv_lab/nfs_client_share/MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967] cannot be accessed on the node [{node-172.24.90.199}{iXj7aOiXTQSagzYnT5p5Bg}{vi-MQaGuTgea93Z-4AOlWQ}{172.24.90.199}{172.24.90.199:9311}{dimrt}{xpack.installed=true, transform.node=true}]. This might indicate that the store [/home/vnv_lab/nfs_client_share/MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967] is not shared between this node and the master node or that permissions on the store don't allow reading files written by the master node]; nested: NoSuchFileException[/home/vnv_lab/nfs_client_share/MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967/tests-yRRk-kZXQ3anBMDXI1NvPQ/master.dat];']]"}],"type":"repository_verification_exception","reason":"[MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967] [[iXj7aOiXTQSagzYnT5p5Bg, 'RemoteTransportException[[node-172.24.90.199][172.24.90.199:9311][internal:admin/repository/verify]]; nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967] a file written by master to the store [/home/vnv_lab/nfs_client_share/MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967] cannot be accessed on the node [{node-172.24.90.199}{iXj7aOiXTQSagzYnT5p5Bg}{vi-MQaGuTgea93Z-4AOlWQ}{172.24.90.199}{172.24.90.199:9311}{dimrt}{xpack.installed=true, transform.node=true}]. This might indicate that the store [/home/vnv_lab/nfs_client_share/MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967] is not shared between this node and the master node or that permissions on the store don't allow reading files written by the master node]; nested: NoSuchFileException[/home/vnv_lab/nfs_client_share/MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967/tests-yRRk-kZXQ3anBMDXI1NvPQ/master.dat];']]"},"status":500}
		at org.elasticsearch.client.RestClient.convertResponse(RestClient.java:283)
		at org.elasticsearch.client.RestClient.performRequest(RestClient.java:261)
		at org.elasticsearch.client.RestClient.performRequest(RestClient.java:235)
		at org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClient.internalPerformRequest(RestHighLevelClient.java:1611)
		... 13 more
org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchStatusException: Elasticsearch exception [type=repository_verification_exception, reason=[MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967] [[iXj7aOiXTQSagzYnT5p5Bg, 'RemoteTransportException[[node-172.24.90.199][172.24.90.199:9311][internal:admin/repository/verify]]; nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967] a file written by master to the store [/home/vnv_lab/nfs_client_share/MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967] cannot be accessed on the node [{node-172.24.90.199}{iXj7aOiXTQSagzYnT5p5Bg}{vi-MQaGuTgea93Z-4AOlWQ}{172.24.90.199}{172.24.90.199:9311}{dimrt}{xpack.installed=true, transform.node=true}]. This might indicate that the store [/home/vnv_lab/nfs_client_share/MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967] is not shared between this node and the master node or that permissions on the store don't allow reading files written by the master node]; nested: NoSuchFileException[/home/vnv_lab/nfs_client_share/MXklJnlJQvmn5snoMgbYzw_nms_db_active_1016315967/tests-yRRk-kZXQ3anBMDXI1NvPQ/master.dat];']]]

```

If I try one more time, the backup is performed successfully.  
I need some advice, please.

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 9:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-file-written-by-master-to-the-store-cannot-be-accessed-on-the-node/294247/2 "2022-01-13T09:35:30Z")

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This indicates that your snapshot repository doesn't have the read-after-write semantics that Elasticsearch needs to work correctly, and that puts your snapshot data at risk.

Version 7.8 has now [passed EOL](https://www.elastic.co/support/eol) and newer versions have [better tools](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/repo-analysis-api.html) to analyse your repository behaviour so I recommend that you upgrade and then use these tools to investigate your repository behaviour more thoroughly.

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**Author:** ![mihai.prichindel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@mihai.prichindel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mihai.prichindel)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-file-written-by-master-to-the-store-cannot-be-accessed-on-the-node/294247/3 "2022-01-13T12:18:43Z")

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Thank you! 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-file-written-by-master-to-the-store-cannot-be-accessed-on-the-node/294247/4 "2022-02-10T12:19:41Z")

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