ElasticSearch 5.0 not installing on Windows

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I am trying to setup ES 5.0 on my machine. ES 2.2.0 was the prev. one which is working fine.

Now I am trying to upgrade it. During installation I am receiving this error.

Error: encountered environment variables that are no longer supported
Use jvm.options or ES_JAVA_OPTS to configure the JVM
ES_HEAP_SIZE=-Xms512m and -Xmx512m: set -Xms-Xms512m and -Xmx512m and -Xmx-Xms51
2m and -Xmx512m in jvm.options or add "-Xms-Xms512m and -Xmx512m -Xmx-Xms512m an
d -Xmx512m" to ES_JAVA_OPTS

What am I missing here ?

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Looking into this..

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Have you seen this? https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/breaking_50_packaging.html#_jvm_options

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the jvm.config file looks OK. Do I need to make any modifications here ?

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You are probably setting ES_HEAP_SIZE somewhere but you should not do it anymore and use ES_JAVA_OPTS instead.

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@dadoonet is correct, but you should prefer jvm.options over using an environment variable. Note that your unsupported ES_HEAP_SIZE setting is not in the correct format to begin with though.

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I am not able to figure out where is the ES_HEAP_SIZE option set. I tried looking into the Env. Variables, YML Files. But couldnt get any references. Also the jvm.options file also looks clear.

These are the steps I have followed inorder to setup ES 5.0.

  1. Downloaded the Windows zip - https://www.elastic.co/v5
  2. Unzipped the ES folder.
  3. Open CMD in Admin mode.
  4. Navigated to the ES bin path and execute CMD line - service.bat install

I am able to load kibana 5 properly. The prb is only with ES.

Not getting how and where I need to set these options ?

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You clearly configured this somewhere, I don't know where. You should start by checking your system environment variables and the service (service.bat manager).

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I tried looking for that variable name but couldnt find it anywhere.

Can you please let me know what has changed in the installation process for Kibana between 4.5/5.0 ?

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You'll have better luck with that question in the Kibana category.

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you can try to find this variable. just open cmd and paste: set| findstr "HEAP"
If you will get the positive result than go to the PC->Properties->Advanced->Environment Variables->Scroll down and delete the "ES_HEAP_SIZE".

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