that was it! thank you.
i did notice something else in the logs now ... what is the meaning or implication of the message, "Connection reset".? 2012-04-24 12:59:19,996 INFO [org.apache.solr.handler.SnapPuller] (pool-12-thread-1) Slave in sync with master. 2012-04-24 12:59:39,998 INFO [org.apache.solr.handler.SnapPuller] (pool-12-thread-1) Slave in sync with master. *2012-04-24 12:59:59,997 SEVERE [org.apache.solr.handler.SnapPuller] (pool-12-thread-1) Master at: http://bogus:bogusport/somepath/somecore/replication/ is not available. Index fetch failed. Exception: Connection reset* 2012-04-24 13:00:19,998 INFO [org.apache.solr.handler.SnapPuller] (pool-12-thread-1) Slave in sync with master. 2012-04-24 13:00:40,004 INFO [org.apache.solr.handler.SnapPuller] (pool-12-thread-1) Slave in sync with master. 2012-04-24 13:00:59,992 INFO [org.apache.solr.handler.SnapPuller] (pool-12-thread-1) Slave in sync with master. 2012-04-24 13:01:19,993 INFO [org.apache.solr.handler.SnapPuller] (pool-12-thread-1) Slave in sync with master. 2012-04-24 13:01:39,992 INFO [org.apache.solr.handler.SnapPuller] (pool-12-thread-1) Slave in sync with master. 2012-04-24 13:01:59,989 INFO [org.apache.solr.handler.SnapPuller] (pool-12-thread-1) Slave in sync with master. 2012-04-24 13:02:19,990 INFO [org.apache.solr.handler.SnapPuller] (pool-12-thread-1) Slave in sync with master. 2012-04-24 13:02:39,989 INFO [org.apache.solr.handler.SnapPuller] (pool-12-thread-1) Slave in sync with master. 2012-04-24 13:02:59,991 INFO [org.a -- View this message in context: http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/solr-replication-failing-with-error-Master-at-is-not-available-Index-fetch-failed-tp3932921p3936107.html Sent from the Solr - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.