# Nexus RM-Admin - Compact blob store execution Failed

**URL:** <https://community.sonatype.com/t/nexus-rm-admin-compact-blob-store-execution-failed/6722>\
**Category:** Sonatype Nexus Repository\
**Created:** [June 14, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/nexus-rm-admin-compact-blob-store-execution-failed/6722 "2021-06-14T13:36:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/nexus-rm-admin-compact-blob-store-execution-failed/6722/1 "2021-06-14T13:36:52Z")

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I am unable to run the Admin-Compact blob Store on maven-snapshot and container-snapshot.  
I am getting the error below.Seems metadata.properties file is missing.  
org.sonatype.nexus.blobstore.api.BlobStoreException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /data/nexus/blobstores/maven\_snapshot/metadata.properties (No such file or directory), Cause: /data/nexus/blobstores/maven\_snapshot/metadata.properties (No such file or directory)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.blobstore.file.FileBlobStore.doCompact(FileBlobStore.java:569)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.blobstore.BlobStoreSupport.compact(BlobStoreSupport.java:230)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.MethodInvocationAction.run(MethodInvocationAction.java:39)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.StateGuard$GuardImpl.run(StateGuard.java:272)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.GuardedInterceptor.invoke(GuardedInterceptor.java:54)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.blobstore.compact.internal.CompactBlobStoreTask.execute(CompactBlobStoreTask.java:53)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.scheduling.TaskSupport.call(TaskSupport.java:100)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.quartz.internal.task.QuartzTaskJob.doExecute(QuartzTaskJob.java:143)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.quartz.internal.task.QuartzTaskJob.execute(QuartzTaskJob.java:106)  
at org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:202)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.quartz.internal.QuartzThreadPool.lambda$0(QuartzThreadPool.java:145)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.thread.internal.MDCAwareRunnable.run(MDCAwareRunnable.java:40)  
at org.apache.shiro.subject.support.SubjectRunnable.doRun(SubjectRunnable.java:120)  
at org.apache.shiro.subject.support.SubjectRunnable.run(SubjectRunnable.java:108)  
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)  
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)  
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)  
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)  
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)  
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /data/nexus/blobstores/maven\_snapshot/metadata.properties (No such file or directory)  
at java.io.FileInputStream.open0(Native Method)  
at java.io.FileInputStream.open(FileInputStream.java:195)  
at java.io.FileInputStream.(FileInputStream.java:138)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.common.property.PropertiesFile.load(PropertiesFile.java:51)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.blobstore.file.FileBlobStore.doCompact(FileBlobStore.java:544)

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**Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/nexus-rm-admin-compact-blob-store-execution-failed/6722/2 "2023-03-02T17:35:20Z")

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I’m having the exact same issue. Does anyone have a resolution for this?