Common problems and resolutions

Now the installation is successful. Let's try to address some of the common problems and their solutions you may face during setup.

Question: I have been using SolrCloud for a long time. Now when I run it, it shows me some of the old nodes in the current cluster landscape. How do I fix it?

Answer: This can be fixed by cleaning the Zookeeper metadata; however, first you need to back up the existing Zookeeper metadata using the zkCLI command (the get/getfile calls). Once you back up the Zookeeper, shut down all the instances, and rename the zoo_data directory under $SOLR_HOME/example/solr to some other name, and then restart SolrCloud and Zookeeper. This will recreate the Zookeeper configuration again and add configuration ...

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