# Upgrade from 5.6 to 6.2.1: Failed to read local state
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-from-5-6-to-6-2-1-failed-to-read-local-state/121630
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 27, 2018, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-from-5-6-to-6-2-1-failed-to-read-local-state/121630 "2018-02-27T10:39:12Z")
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### Author:  [@ocebeci](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ocebeci)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2018, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-from-5-6-to-6-2-1-failed-to-read-local-state/121630/1 "2018-02-27T10:39:12Z")
Hello,
I tried upgrading my Elasticsearch to 6.2.1 on Windows but everytime I start the service it fails with this exception:
```
failed to read local state, exiting...
org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException: java.io.IOException: failed to read [id:440, legacy:false, file:D:\elasticsearch\nodes\0\_state\global-440.st]
at org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper.maybeThrowRuntimeAndSuppress(ExceptionsHelper.java:150) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaDataStateFormat.loadLatestState(MetaDataStateFormat.java:334) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaStateService.loadGlobalState(MetaStateService.java:113) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaStateService.loadFullState(MetaStateService.java:57) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.gateway.GatewayMetaState.(GatewayMetaState.java:88) [elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:424) [elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:246) [elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:213) [elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:213) [elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:323) [elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:121) [elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:112) [elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) [elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) [elasticsearch-cli-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) [elasticsearch-cli-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) [elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:85) [elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
Caused by: java.io.IOException: failed to read [id:440, legacy:false, file:D:\elasticsearch\nodes\0\_state\global-440.st]
at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaDataStateFormat.loadLatestState(MetaDataStateFormat.java:327) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
... 15 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Index patterns must not be null or empty; got null
at org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexTemplateMetaData.(IndexTemplateMetaData.java:97) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexTemplateMetaData$Builder.build(IndexTemplateMetaData.java:383) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexTemplateMetaData$Builder.fromXContent(IndexTemplateMetaData.java:518) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaData$Builder.fromXContent(MetaData.java:1175) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaData$2.fromXContent(MetaData.java:1222) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaData$2.fromXContent(MetaData.java:1213) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaDataStateFormat.read(MetaDataStateFormat.java:202) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaDataStateFormat.loadLatestState(MetaDataStateFormat.java:322) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
... 15 more
[2018-02-26T18:23:37,081][ERROR][o.e.b.Bootstrap] Exception
org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException: java.io.IOException: failed to read [id:440, legacy:false, file:D:\elasticsearch\nodes\0\_state\global-440.st]
at org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper.maybeThrowRuntimeAndSuppress(ExceptionsHelper.java:150) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaDataStateFormat.loadLatestState(MetaDataStateFormat.java:334) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaStateService.loadGlobalState(MetaStateService.java:113) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaStateService.loadFullState(MetaStateService.java:57) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.gateway.GatewayMetaState.(GatewayMetaState.java:88) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:424) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:246) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:213) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:213) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:323) [elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:121) [elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:112) [elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) [elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) [elasticsearch-cli-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) [elasticsearch-cli-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) [elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:85) [elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
Caused by: java.io.IOException: failed to read [id:440, legacy:false, file:D:\elasticsearch\nodes\0\_state\global-440.st]
at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaDataStateFormat.loadLatestState(MetaDataStateFormat.java:327) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
... 15 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Index patterns must not be null or empty; got null
at org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexTemplateMetaData.(IndexTemplateMetaData.java:97) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexTemplateMetaData$Builder.build(IndexTemplateMetaData.java:383) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
at org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexTemplateMetaData$Builder.fromXContent(IndexTemplateMeta
...
```
I made an upgrade as shown as [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/rolling-upgrades.html).
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2018, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-from-5-6-to-6-2-1-failed-to-read-local-state/121630/2 "2018-03-27T10:39:14Z")
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