# Failed to flush export bulks / bulk \[my\_local\] reports failures when exporting documents

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-flush-export-bulks-bulk-my-local-reports-failures-when-exporting-documents/162462>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 31, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-flush-export-bulks-bulk-my-local-reports-failures-when-exporting-documents/162462 "2018-12-31T00:04:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![alexus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alexus/32/12696_2.png) [@alexus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexus)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-flush-export-bulks-bulk-my-local-reports-failures-when-exporting-documents/162462/1 "2018-12-31T00:04:27Z")

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I'm trying to start Elasticsearch cluster and getting following error(s):

```
esm4 | Caused by: org.elasticsearch.xpack.monitoring.exporter.ExportException: failed to flush export bulks
esm4 | at org.elasticsearch.xpack.monitoring.exporter.ExportBulk$Compound.lambda$doFlush$0(ExportBulk.java:156) [x-pack-monitoring-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]
esm4 | ... 91 more
esm4 | Caused by: org.elasticsearch.xpack.monitoring.exporter.ExportException: bulk [my_local] reports failures when exporting documents
esm4 | at org.elasticsearch.xpack.monitoring.exporter.local.LocalBulk.throwExportException(LocalBulk.java:124) ~[?:?]
esm4 | ... 89 more

```

Per [Monitoring settings in Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch Reference [6.5] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/monitoring-settings.html#local-exporter-settings) my settings are:

```
xpack.monitoring.exporters.my_local.type=local
xpack.monitoring.exporters.my_local.use_ingest=false

```

Please advise.

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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:** [January 28, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-flush-export-bulks-bulk-my-local-reports-failures-when-exporting-documents/162462/2 "2019-01-28T00:04:30Z")

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