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# sk183148 - Some old indexes are not removed from /opt/CPrt-R8X.X/log_indexes/ despite log retention settings in SmartConsole

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk183148 |
| Date Created | 2025-03-03 |
| Last Modified | 2026-03-20 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Multi-Domain Security Management Server |
| Versions | R81.10 (EOS), R81.20, R82 |

## Symptoms

- * Some old indexes are not removed from */opt/CPrt-R8X.X/log_indexes/* despite log retention settings in SmartConsole

* *$RTDIR/log/indexes_maintenance.log* contains multiple entries similar to this:  


  `sending command to SOLR: SME_curl_cli "https://127.0.0.1:8210/solr/admin/cores?action=UNLOAD&deleteInstanceDir=true&core=other-smartlog_2024-04-20T00-00-00&wt=json"|
  26/01/2025 00:00:07|ERROR|Uncaught exception|`

* When running this command manually:   

  `SME_curl_cli "https://127.0.0.1:8210/solr/admin/cores?action=UNLOAD&deleteInstanceDir=true&core=other-smartlog_2024-04-20T00-00-00&wt=json" `  


  this output shows:   

  `....."msg":"Cannot unload non-existent core [other-smartlog_2024-04-20T00-00-00]",
  "code":400}}`

* Output of `ls $RTDIR/log_indexes/other-smartlog_2024-04-20T00-00-00/`
  shows data directory only, with the *core.properties* file missing.

## Cause

The `core.properties` file is missing from some indexes. As a result, log retention cannot remove the indexes according to the log retention configuration in SmartConsole.

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