# Failed to find metadata for existing index .kibana\_task\_manager \[location: Yi\_UxiceTwS093xLAQJpzw, generation: 30\]
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-find-metadata-for-existing-index-kibana-task-manager-location-yi-uxicetws093xlaqjpzw-generation-30/194023
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 6, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-find-metadata-for-existing-index-kibana-task-manager-location-yi-uxicetws093xlaqjpzw-generation-30/194023 "2019-08-06T13:57:29Z")
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### Author:  [@Felipe\_Cabral\_Jeroni](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Felipe_Cabral_Jeroni)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-find-metadata-for-existing-index-kibana-task-manager-location-yi-uxicetws093xlaqjpzw-generation-30/194023/1 "2019-08-06T13:57:29Z")
Hi all,
Due to a disk space problem, I've deleted the indexes and now I'm getting the following error:
java.io.IOException: failed to find metadata for existing index .kibana\_task\_manager [location: Yi\_UxiceTwS093xLAQJpzw, generation: 30]
Have you seen this before? Is it possible to recreate it or somehow start the elastic again?
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### Author:  [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-find-metadata-for-existing-index-kibana-task-manager-location-yi-uxicetws093xlaqjpzw-generation-30/194023/2 "2019-08-06T14:02:57Z")
Can you share the whole error message, including the stack trace?
Also, when you say you deleted the indices, what do you mean? Did you use the [delete index API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-delete-index.html)?
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### Author:  [@Felipe\_Cabral\_Jeroni](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Felipe_Cabral_Jeroni)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-find-metadata-for-existing-index-kibana-task-manager-location-yi-uxicetws093xlaqjpzw-generation-30/194023/3 "2019-08-06T14:21:34Z")
Hi David,
Regarding the deleting process, I've just went to /data/nodes/0/ and deleted everything.
Following the whole error message, I've only masked the machine name.
[2019-08-06T16:16:52,047][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [XXXXXXX] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/opt/openv (/dev/mapper/vg\_nbu-lv\_app\_nbu)]], net usable\_space [1.8gb], net total\_space [4.9gb], types [xfs]
[2019-08-06T16:16:52,049][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [XXXXXXX] heap size [1007.3mb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true]
[2019-08-06T16:16:52,064][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [XXXXXXX] node name [XXXXXXX], node ID [Z\_bVmvuZRoGqFFKfk7sjKw], cluster name [elasticsearch]
[2019-08-06T16:16:52,065][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [XXXXXXX] version[7.2.1], pid[19893], build[default/tar/fe6cb20/2019-07-24T17:58:29.979462Z], OS[Linux/3.10.0-957.12.1.el7.x86\_64/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM/12.0.1/12.0.1+12]
[2019-08-06T16:16:52,065][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [XXXXXXX] JVM home [/opt/openv/elk/elasticsearch-7.2.1/jdk]
[2019-08-06T16:16:52,066][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [XXXXXXX] JVM arguments [-Xms1g, -Xmx1g, -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC, -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75, -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly, -Des.networkaddress.cache.ttl=60, -Des.networkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=10, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -Djna.nosys=true, -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow, -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true, -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0, -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false, -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true, -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp/elasticsearch-17237745443083576117, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -XX:HeapDumpPath=data, -XX:ErrorFile=logs/hs\_err\_pid%p.log, -Xlog:gc\*,gc+age=trace,safepoint:file=logs/gc.log:utctime,pid,tags:filecount=32,filesize=64m, -Djava.locale.providers=COMPAT, -Dio.netty.allocator.type=unpooled, -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=536870912, -Des.path.home=/opt/openv/elk/elasticsearch-7.2.1, -Des.path.conf=/opt/openv/elk/elasticsearch-7.2.1/config, -Des.distribution.flavor=default, -Des.distribution.type=tar, -Des.bundled\_jdk=true]
...
[2019-08-06T16:16:54,102][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [XXXXXXX] loaded module [x-pack-graph]
[2019-08-06T16:16:54,103][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [XXXXXXX] loaded module [x-pack-ilm]
[2019-08-06T16:16:54,107][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [XXXXXXX] loaded module [x-pack-logstash]
[2019-08-06T16:16:54,107][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [XXXXXXX] loaded module [x-pack-ml]
[2019-08-06T16:16:54,107][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [XXXXXXX] loaded module [x-pack-monitoring]
[2019-08-06T16:16:54,108][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [XXXXXXX] loaded module [x-pack-rollup]
[2019-08-06T16:16:54,108][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [XXXXXXX] loaded module [x-pack-security]
[2019-08-06T16:16:54,108][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [XXXXXXX] loaded module [x-pack-sql]
[2019-08-06T16:16:54,108][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [XXXXXXX] loaded module [x-pack-watcher]
[2019-08-06T16:16:54,109][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [XXXXXXX] no plugins loaded
[2019-08-06T16:16:58,334][INFO][o.e.x.s.a.s.FileRolesStore] [XXXXXXX] parsed [0] roles from file [/opt/openv/elk/elasticsearch-7.2.1/config/roles.yml]
[2019-08-06T16:16:59,198][INFO][o.e.x.m.p.l.CppLogMessageHandler] [XXXXXXX] [controller/19992] [Main.cc@110] controller (64 bit): Version 7.2.1 (Build 4ad685337be7fd) Copyright (c) 2019 Elasticsearch BV
[2019-08-06T16:16:59,620][DEBUG][o.e.a.ActionModule] [XXXXXXX] Using REST wrapper from plugin org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.Security
[2019-08-06T16:16:59,789][ERROR][o.e.g.GatewayMetaState] [XXXXXXX] failed to read or upgrade local state, exiting...
java.io.IOException: failed to find metadata for existing index .kibana\_task\_manager [location: Yi\_UxiceTwS093xLAQJpzw, generation: 30]
at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaStateService.loadFullState(MetaStateService.java:99) ~[elasticsearch-7.2.1.jar:7.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.gateway.GatewayMetaState.upgradeMetaData(GatewayMetaState.java:148) [elasticsearch-7.2.1.jar:7.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.gateway.GatewayMetaState.(GatewayMetaState.java:102) [elasticsearch-7.2.1.jar:7.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:473) [elasticsearch-7.2.1.jar:7.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:251) [elasticsearch-7.2.1.jar:7.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:221) [elasticsearch-7.2.1.jar:7.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:221) [elasticsearch-7.2.1.jar:7.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:349) [elasticsearch-7.2.1.jar:7.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) [elasticsearch-7.2.1.jar:7.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:150) [elasticsearch-7.2.1.jar:7.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) [elasticsearch-7.2.1.jar:7.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) [elasticsearch-cli-7.2.1.jar:7.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) [elasticsearch-cli-7.2.1.jar:7.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:115) [elasticsearch-7.2.1.jar:7.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) [elasticsearch-7.2.1.jar:7.2.1]
[2019-08-06T16:16:59,797][ERROR][o.e.b.Bootstrap] [XXXXXXX] Exception
org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException: failed to bind service
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:580) ~[elasticsearch-7.2.1.jar:7.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:251) ~[elasticsearch-7.2.1.jar:7.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:221) ~[elasticsearch-7.2.1.jar:7.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:221) ~[elasticsearch-7.2.1.jar:7.2.1]
"logs/elasticsearch.log" 103L, 12907C
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### Author:  [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-find-metadata-for-existing-index-kibana-task-manager-location-yi-uxicetws093xlaqjpzw-generation-30/194023/4 "2019-08-06T14:31:17Z")
Are you sure you deleted _everything_ under `/data/nodes/0/`? I think you might have left something in `/data/nodes/0/_state`. You'd be best off deleting the whole `0` folder.
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### Author:  [@Felipe\_Cabral\_Jeroni](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Felipe_Cabral_Jeroni)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-find-metadata-for-existing-index-kibana-task-manager-location-yi-uxicetws093xlaqjpzw-generation-30/194023/5 "2019-08-06T14:39:50Z")
You were absolutely right. After deleting the folder it worked.
Thank you.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-find-metadata-for-existing-index-kibana-task-manager-location-yi-uxicetws093xlaqjpzw-generation-30/194023/6 "2019-09-03T14:40:33Z")
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