ElasticSearch– was created with version [5.3.0] but the minimum compatible version is [6.0.0-beta1]. It should be re-indexed in Elasticsearch 6.x before upgrading to 7.6.1.
As mentioned in some of the previous posts I am migrating an ‘old’ 5.3 instance of ElasticSearch to 7.6.1. In my first (too optimistic) attempt I directly migrated to ElasticSearch 7.6.1.
When starting the ElasticSearch cluster this resulted in the following error message:
[myindex/gTTtwHT3ShiAz-eR94eKmw]] was created with version [5.3.0] but the minimum compatible version is [6.0.0-beta1]. It should be re-indexed in Elasticsearch 6.x before upgrading to 7.6.1.
at org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaDataIndexUpgradeService.checkSupportedVersion(MetaDataIndexUpgradeService.java:113)
at org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaDataIndexUpgradeService.upgradeIndexMetaData(MetaDataIndexUpgradeService.java:87)
at org.elasticsearch.gateway.GatewayMetaState.upgradeMetaData(GatewayMetaState.java:240)
at org.elasticsearch.gateway.GatewayMetaState.upgradeMetaDataForNode(GatewayMetaState.java:223)
at org.elasticsearch.gateway.GatewayMetaState.start(GatewayMetaState.java:154)
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.start(Node.java:705)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:273)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:358)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:161)
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86)
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:125)
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:126)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92)
For complete error details, refer to the log at C:\Program Files\ElasticSearch\7.6.1\logs\elasticsearch.log
The trick is to first migrate to ElasticSearch 6.8 and Kibana 6.8. Kibana 6.8 offers an update wizard which guides you through the required steps to upgrade your indices to a supported format.
Here are the steps:
- Go to Kibana
- Click on the Management icon on the left
- Click on the 7.0 Upgrade Assistant
- Check all the listed issues and apply the suggested solutions
- When everything is fixed you can safely install ElasticSearch 7.x