Sitecore with SOLR: An index with the name "sitecore_marketingdefinitions_master" have already been added

Question

I get this error when configuring SOLR 6.3 with Sitecore 8.1. I have done all steps from the following post, but after complete steps I get the following error:

An index with the name "sitecore_marketingdefinitions_master" have already been added.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.InvalidOperationException: An index with the name "sitecore_marketingdefinitions_master" have already been added.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

[InvalidOperationException: An index with the name "sitecore_marketingdefinitions_master" have already been added.] Sitecore.Diagnostics.Assert.IsFalse(Boolean condition, String message) +81 Sitecore.ContentSearch.ContentSearchConfiguration.AddIndex(ISearchIndex index) +185

[TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.] System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethod(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, Boolean constructor) +0 System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.UnsafeInvokeInternal(Object obj, Object[] parameters, Object[] arguments) +128 System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture) +146 Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.AssignProperties(Object obj, Object[] properties) +869 Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.AssignProperties(XmlNode configNode, String[] parameters, Object obj, Boolean assert, Boolean deferred, IFactoryHelper helper) +655 Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.CreateObject(XmlNode configNode, String[] parameters, Boolean assert, IFactoryHelper helper) +322 Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.CreateObject(XmlNode configNode, String[] parameters, Boolean assert) +72 Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.CreateObject(String configPath, String[] parameters, Boolean assert) +619 Sitecore.ContentSearch.ContentSearchManager.get_SearchConfiguration() +262 Sitecore.ContentSearch.SolrProvider.SolrContentSearchManager.get_Cores() +92 Sitecore.ContentSearch.SolrProvider.SolrNetIntegration.DefaultSolrStartUp.Initialize() +255 (Object , Object[] ) +71 Sitecore.Pipelines.CorePipeline.Run(PipelineArgs args) +484 Sitecore.Pipelines.DefaultCorePipelineManager.Run(String pipelineName, PipelineArgs args, String pipelineDomain) +22 Sitecore.Nexus.Web.HttpModule.Application_Start() +259 Sitecore.Nexus.Web.HttpModule.Init(HttpApplication app) +704 System.Web.HttpApplication.RegisterEventSubscriptionsWithIIS(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context, MethodInfo[] handlers) +618 System.Web.HttpApplication.InitSpecial(HttpApplicationState state, MethodInfo[] handlers, IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +172 System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetSpecialApplicationInstance(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +402 System.Web.Hosting.PipelineRuntime.InitializeApplication(IntPtr appContext) +343

[HttpException (0x80004005): Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.] System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +579 System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +112 System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestNotificationPrivate(IIS7WorkerRequest wr, HttpContext context) +712

Answer 1

You might still have .Lucene. configs in your App_Config/Include folder that have not yet been disabled. Need to add .disabled to all Lucene config files.