This is not a huge deal, since the real problem is that the database cannot be updated, but I thought I would share in case this can occur in other scenarios.
In my case, I have a database that I created with build 1.5m02 that I am opening with release 1.5. According to the error message, I must not have shut down the database properly prior to upgrade. If I attempt this a second time in the same process I get a different exception that implies the database is still locked. It seems to me like this operation should have been attempted inside a try block with a finally block that performs an unlock. Here are the stack traces: First attempt: Caused by: org.neo4j.graphdb.TransactionFailureException: Could not create data source [nioneodb], see nested exception for cause of error at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.transaction.TxModule.registerDataSource(TxModule.java:158) at org.neo4j.kernel.GraphDbInstance.start(GraphDbInstance.java:105) at org.neo4j.kernel.EmbeddedGraphDbImpl.<init>(EmbeddedGraphDbImpl.java:190) at org.neo4j.kernel.EmbeddedGraphDatabase.<init>(EmbeddedGraphDatabase.java:80) at com.g1.dcg.graph.neo4j.NeoGraph.<init>(NeoGraph.java:128) ... 43 more Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Mismatching store version found (Uknown while expecting v0.A.0) and the store is not cleanly shutdown. Recover the database with the previous database version and then attempt to upgrade at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.nioneo.store.NeoStore.checkVersion(NeoStore.java:125) at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.nioneo.store.CommonAbstractStore.<init>(CommonAbstractStore.java:104) at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.nioneo.store.AbstractStore.<init>(AbstractStore.java:120) at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.nioneo.store.NeoStore.<init>(NeoStore.java:78) at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.nioneo.xa.NeoStoreXaDataSource.<init>(NeoStoreXaDataSource.java:165) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513) at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.transaction.XaDataSourceManager.create(XaDataSourceManager.java:77) at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.transaction.TxModule.registerDataSource(TxModule.java:152) ... 47 more Second attempt in same process: Caused by: org.neo4j.graphdb.TransactionFailureException: Could not create data source [nioneodb], see nested exception for cause of error at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.transaction.TxModule.registerDataSource(TxModule.java:158) at org.neo4j.kernel.GraphDbInstance.start(GraphDbInstance.java:105) at org.neo4j.kernel.EmbeddedGraphDbImpl.<init>(EmbeddedGraphDbImpl.java:190) at org.neo4j.kernel.EmbeddedGraphDatabase.<init>(EmbeddedGraphDatabase.java:80) at com.g1.dcg.graph.neo4j.NeoGraph.<init>(NeoGraph.java:128) ... 43 more Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to lock store [E:\Spectrum\server\modules\graph\db\graph\neostore], this is usually a result of some other Neo4j kernel running using the same store. at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.nioneo.store.CommonAbstractStore.checkStorage(CommonAbstractStore.java:175) at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.nioneo.store.CommonAbstractStore.<init>(CommonAbstractStore.java:103) at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.nioneo.store.AbstractStore.<init>(AbstractStore.java:120) at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.nioneo.store.NeoStore.<init>(NeoStore.java:78) at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.nioneo.xa.NeoStoreXaDataSource.<init>(NeoStoreXaDataSource.java:165) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513) at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.transaction.XaDataSourceManager.create(XaDataSourceManager.java:77) at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.transaction.TxModule.registerDataSource(TxModule.java:152) ... 47 more Paul Jackson, Principal Software Engineer Pitney Bowes Business Insight 4200 Parliament Place | Suite 600 | Lanham, MD 20706-1844 USA O: 301.918.0850 | M: 703.862.0120 | www.pb.com paul.jack...@pb.com Every connection is a new opportunity(tm) Please consider the environment before printing or forwarding this email. 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