# Not able to run elasticsearch **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 4, 2019, 10:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-run-elasticsearch/210503 "2019-12-04T10:24:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ankita\_Mallick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ankita_mallick/32/58764_2.png) [@Ankita\_Mallick](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ankita_Mallick)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 10:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-run-elasticsearch/210503/1 "2019-12-04T10:24:26Z")
I am not able to run elastic search when i run it i am getting this error. Can anybody help me in getting out of this.. Picked up \_JAVA\_OPTIONS: -Xms2048M -Xmx4096M Picked up \_JAVA\_OPTIONS: -Xms2048M -Xmx4096M Picked up \_JAVA\_OPTIONS: -Xms2048M -Xmx4096M [2019-12-04T15:39:28,718][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [unknown] uncaught exception in thread [main] org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: failed to obtain node locks, tried [[C:\Users\amallick5\Downloads\softwares\elasticsearch-6.5.4\data\elasticsearch]] with lock id [0]; maybe these locations are not writable or multiple nodes were started without increasing [node.max\_local\_storage\_nodes] (was [1])? at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:140) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:127) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: failed to obtain node locks, tried [[C:\Users\amallick5\Downloads\softwares\elasticsearch-6.5.4\data\elasticsearch]] with lock id [0]; maybe these locations are not writable or multiple nodes were started without increasing [node.max\_local\_storage\_nodes] (was [1])? at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.(NodeEnvironment.java:297) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:296) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:265) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:212) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:212) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] ... 6 more ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-run-elasticsearch/210503/2 "2019-12-04T13:00:34Z")
are you potentially already running a second instance of elasticsearch? Can you run `jps` to verify? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-run-elasticsearch/210503/3 "2020-01-01T13:00:34Z")
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