# Elasticsearch won't start after upgrade from 5.6.8 to 6.0.1. Failed to read local state - directory not empty
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-wont-start-after-upgrade-from-5-6-8-to-6-0-1-failed-to-read-local-state-directory-not-empty/122129
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 1, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-wont-start-after-upgrade-from-5-6-8-to-6-0-1-failed-to-read-local-state-directory-not-empty/122129 "2018-03-01T17:20:38Z")
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### Author:  [@daved](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/daved)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-wont-start-after-upgrade-from-5-6-8-to-6-0-1-failed-to-read-local-state-directory-not-empty/122129/1 "2018-03-01T17:20:38Z")
Hi,
I'm trying to upgrade our stack from 5.6.8 to 6.0.1 on an Ubuntu OS using the deb file after running Upgrade Assistant on 5.6.8. I'm seeing the following error in `/var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.log`:
```auto
2018-03-01T10:07:59,682][INFO][o.e.c.u.IndexFolderUpgrader] [hydra-2017.12.28/0xWw9wcuQgG9LQ1cfCwf6A] upgrading [/resilient/elasticsearch/nodes/0/indices/hydra-2017.12.28] to new naming convention
[2018-03-01T10:07:59,688][ERROR][o.e.g.GatewayMetaState] [L4o6lDe] failed to read local state, exiting...
java.nio.file.FileSystemException: /resilient/elasticsearch/nodes/0/indices/hydra-2017.12.28 -> /resilient/elasticsearch/nodes/0/indices/0xWw9wcuQgG9LQ1cfCwf6A: Directory not empty
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:91) ~[?:?]
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102) ~[?:?]
at sun.nio.fs.UnixCopyFile.move(UnixCopyFile.java:396) ~[?:?]
at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.move(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:262) ~[?:?]
at java.nio.file.Files.move(Files.java:1395) ~[?:1.8.0_151]
at org.elasticsearch.common.util.IndexFolderUpgrader.upgrade(IndexFolderUpgrader.java:65) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.common.util.IndexFolderUpgrader.upgrade(IndexFolderUpgrader.java:112) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.common.util.IndexFolderUpgrader.upgradeIndicesIfNeeded(IndexFolderUpgrader.java:128) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.gateway.GatewayMetaState.(GatewayMetaState.java:87) [elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:424) [elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:246) [elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:213) [elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:213) [elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:323) [elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:121) [elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:112) [elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) [elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) [elasticsearch-cli-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) [elasticsearch-cli-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) [elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:85) [elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
```
The errors cascade from there. I have already checked the service file at `/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service` as mentioned in some other threads and everything looks good. I have `path.data` set to `/resilient/elasticsearch` in `etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml`. FWIW I originally upgraded this stack from 2.x to 5.6.8 (after running migration plugin).
I even then tried just going to 6.2.2 and still had this same error.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-wont-start-after-upgrade-from-5-6-8-to-6-0-1-failed-to-read-local-state-directory-not-empty/122129/2 "2018-03-29T17:20:52Z")
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