Can't run elasticsearch (windows)8.3.3Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: starting java failed with [1] output:

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After running bin\elasticsearch.bat

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: starting java failed with [1] output:

error:

Unrecognized VM option 'UseConcMarkSweepGC'
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
        at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.JvmOption.flagsFinal(JvmOption.java:113)
        at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.JvmOption.findFinalOptions(JvmOption.java:80)
        at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.MachineDependentHeap.determineHeapSettings(MachineDependentHeap.java:59)
        at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.JvmOptionsParser.jvmOptions(JvmOptionsParser.java:132)
        at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.JvmOptionsParser.determineJvmOptions(JvmOptionsParser.java:90)
        at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.ServerProcess.createProcess(ServerProcess.java:211)
        at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.ServerProcess.start(ServerProcess.java:106)
        at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.ServerProcess.start(ServerProcess.java:89)
        at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.ServerCli.startServer(ServerCli.java:213)
        at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.ServerCli.execute(ServerCli.java:90)
        at org.elasticsearch.common.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:54)
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:85)
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:50)
        at org.elasticsearch.launcher.CliToolLauncher.main(CliToolLauncher.java:64)
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1 Answers

I had the same issue trying to run Elasticsearch 8.3.3 after stopping ES 6.2.1.

I was able to run version 8.3 by deleting 2 environment variables which pointed to the old ES folder (6.2) :

  • ES_HOME
  • ES_PATH_CONF

Probably updating them to the new Elasticsearch home would work as well.

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