# Filebeat Unexpected file opening error: File info is not identical with opened file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-unexpected-file-opening-error-file-info-is-not-identical-with-opened-file/177135>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [April 16, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-unexpected-file-opening-error-file-info-is-not-identical-with-opened-file/177135 "2019-04-16T17:56:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![fionamacd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6a8cbe/32.png) [@fionamacd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fionamacd)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-unexpected-file-opening-error-file-info-is-not-identical-with-opened-file/177135/1 "2019-04-16T17:56:39Z")

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I am running into the same problem logged previously:  
[https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unexpected-file-opening-error-file-info-is-not-identical-with-opened-file/84026](http://unexpected-file-opening-error-file-info-is-not-identical-with-opened-file)

I don't see any resolution to it though. I am also trying to load in IIS SMTP logs and just get repeated messages in the log for the file.

Filebeat version: 6.3.2

Works fine with other log files I am bringing in, just seems to be the SMTP service logs.  
|2019-04-15T20:12:22.870Z|INFO|cfgfile/reload.go:214|Loading of config files completed.|  
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|2019-04-15T20:12:22.940Z|INFO|log/harvester.go:228|Harvester started for file: C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\test\SMTPSVC3\ex150219.log|  
|2019-04-15T20:12:22.961Z|ERROR|log/input.go:460|Harvester could not be started on new file: C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\test\SMTPSVC3\ex190415.log, Err: Error setting up harvester: Harvester setup failed. Unexpected file opening error: file info is not identical with opened file. Aborting harvesting and retrying file later again|

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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:** [May 14, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-unexpected-file-opening-error-file-info-is-not-identical-with-opened-file/177135/2 "2019-05-14T17:56:41Z")

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