# .monitoring-es-9-mb is missing
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-es-9-mb-is-missing/377191
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 16, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-es-9-mb-is-missing/377191 "2025-04-16T12:16:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@dramis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dramis)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-es-9-mb-is-missing/377191/1 "2025-04-16T12:16:53Z")
Hi, i just migrate to elk 9, i just notice that
.monitoring-es-mb System index template still using .monitoring-es-8-\*
I also have these error in elk log:
[2025-04-16T07:57:24,226][INFO][o.e.x.i.a.TransportPutLifecycleAction] [holocronvault-hot] updating index lifecycle policy [metricbeat]
[2025-04-16T07:59:06,226][INFO][o.e.i.m.DocumentMapper] [holocronvault-hot][.ds-.monitoring-es-8-mb-2025.04.16-000001] Error while parsing document for index [.ds-.monitoring-es-8-mb-2025.04.16-000001]: [1:996] failed to parse field [elasticsearch.index.creation\_date] of type [date] in document with id 'z913PpYBOR8hDRcyk\_re'. Preview of field's value: ''
org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParsingException: [1:996] failed to parse field [elasticsearch.index.creation\_date] of type [date] in document with id 'z913PpYBOR8hDRcyk\_re'. Preview of field's value: ''
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.FieldMapper.rethrowAsDocumentParsingException(FieldMapper.java:242) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
Anyone have a idea?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@Keith\_Massey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Keith_Massey)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-es-9-mb-is-missing/377191/2 "2025-04-17T14:44:11Z")
The monitoring index templates have not changed in a good while, so the index names didn't need to change.
Is there more to the stack trace?
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### Author:  [@dramis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dramis)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-es-9-mb-is-missing/377191/3 "2025-04-17T21:24:53Z")
Hello
The the full stack trace:
```auto
[2025-04-17T17:02:35,622][INFO][o.e.i.m.DocumentMapper] [yoda][.ds-.monitoring-es-8-mb-2025.04.16-000001] Error while parsing document for index [.ds-.monitoring-es-8-mb-2025.04.16-000001]: [1:1476] failed to parse field [elasticsearch.index.creation_date] of type [date] in document with id 'yQWPRZYBixsocmbzg0uf'. Preview of field's value: ''
org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParsingException: [1:1476] failed to parse field [elasticsearch.index.creation_date] of type [date] in document with id 'yQWPRZYBixsocmbzg0uf'. Preview of field's value: ''
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.FieldMapper.rethrowAsDocumentParsingException(FieldMapper.java:242) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.FieldMapper.parse(FieldMapper.java:195) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.parseObjectOrField(DocumentParser.java:469) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.parseValue(DocumentParser.java:811) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.innerParseObject(DocumentParser.java:389) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.parseObjectOrNested(DocumentParser.java:340) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.parseObjectOrField(DocumentParser.java:449) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.doParseObject(DocumentParser.java:536) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.parseObject(DocumentParser.java:524) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.innerParseObject(DocumentParser.java:379) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.parseObjectOrNested(DocumentParser.java:340) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.parseObjectOrField(DocumentParser.java:449) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.doParseObject(DocumentParser.java:536) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.parseObject(DocumentParser.java:524) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.innerParseObject(DocumentParser.java:379) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.parseObjectOrNested(DocumentParser.java:340) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.internalParseDocument(DocumentParser.java:152) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentParser.parseDocument(DocumentParser.java:98) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapper.parse(DocumentMapper.java:128) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard.prepareIndex(IndexShard.java:1063) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard.applyIndexOperation(IndexShard.java:990) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard.applyIndexOperationOnPrimary(IndexShard.java:934) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction.executeBulkItemRequest(TransportShardBulkAction.java:397) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction$2.doRun(TransportShardBulkAction.java:254) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.AbstractRunnable.run(AbstractRunnable.java:27) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction.performOnPrimary(TransportShardBulkAction.java:322) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction.dispatchedShardOperationOnPrimary(TransportShardBulkAction.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.TransportShardBulkAction.dispatchedShardOperationOnPrimary(TransportShardBulkAction.java:83) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportWriteAction$1.doRun(TransportWriteAction.java:220) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.AbstractRunnable.run(AbstractRunnable.java:27) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.TimedRunnable.doRun(TimedRunnable.java:34) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext$ContextPreservingAbstractRunnable.doRun(ThreadContext.java:1044) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.AbstractRunnable.run(AbstractRunnable.java:27) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1095) ~[?:?]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:619) ~[?:?]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1447) ~[?:?]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: cannot parse empty datetime
at org.elasticsearch.common.time.JavaDateFormatter.parse(JavaDateFormatter.java:223) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DateFieldMapper$DateFieldType.parse(DateFieldMapper.java:521) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DateFieldMapper.parseCreateField(DateFieldMapper.java:950) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.FieldMapper.parse(FieldMapper.java:193) ~[elasticsearch-9.0.0.jar:?]
... 34 more
```
I just reinstall a new ELK Stack, and i got the same error when i start metricbeat for stack monitoring on the master node. No problem with warm and cold node.
Thanks for your help