: org.apache.lucene.store.LockObtainFailedException: Lock obtain timed out: : SingleInstanceLock: write.lock : at org.apache.lucene.store.Lock.obtain(Lock.java:85) : at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter.init(IndexWriter.java:1140)
are there any other ERROR messages in your log before this? a mailing list search for " SingleInstanceLock write.lock " suggests that this usually only happens if there was an OutOfMemoryException that put the system into a bad state. -Hoss
