hello, sorry - i overlooked this message - thanks for checking back and thanks for the info.
yes - replication seems to be working now: tailed from logs just now: 2012-04-26 09:21:33,284 INFO [org.apache.solr.handler.SnapPuller] (pool-12-thread-1) Slave in sync with master. 2012-04-26 09:21:53,279 INFO [org.apache.solr.handler.SnapPuller] (pool-12-thread-1) Slave in sync with master. 2012-04-26 09:22:13,279 INFO [org.apache.solr.handler.SnapPuller] (pool-12-thread-1) Slave in sync with master. 2012-04-26 09:22:33,279 INFO [org.apache.solr.handler.SnapPuller] (pool-12-thread-1) Slave in sync with master. -- View this message in context: http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/solr-replication-failing-with-error-Master-at-is-not-available-Index-fetch-failed-tp3932921p3941447.html Sent from the Solr - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.