# Nexus3 3.11.0 to 3.13.0 Upgrade error

**URL:** <https://community.sonatype.com/t/nexus3-3-11-0-to-3-13-0-upgrade-error/780>\
**Category:** Sonatype Nexus Repository\
**Created:** [November 8, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/nexus3-3-11-0-to-3-13-0-upgrade-error/780 "2018-11-08T16:17:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![my.ravisoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@my.ravisoni](https://community.sonatype.com/u/my.ravisoni)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/nexus3-3-11-0-to-3-13-0-upgrade-error/780/1 "2018-11-08T16:17:56Z")

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I am not able to upgrade Nexus 3.11.0 to 3.13.0 or 3.14.0. i see below error while applying an upgrade .

Begin upgrade

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2018-11-08 04:47:16,396+0000 INFO [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl - Checkpoint component  
2018-11-08 04:49:24,228+0000 INFO [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl - Checkpoint config  
2018-11-08 04:49:24,647+0000 INFO [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl -

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Apply upgrade

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2018-11-08 04:49:24,648+0000 INFO [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl - Upgrade component from 1.11 to 1.12  
2018-11-08 04:49:24,649+0000 INFO [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl - Upgrade rubygems from 1.0 to 1.1  
2018-11-08 04:49:24,712+0000 INFO [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM org.sonatype.nexus.repository.rubygems.upgrade.RubygemsUpgrade\_1\_1 - Updated 8 content selectors, replaced ‘//’ with ‘/’, as ruby assets no longer require a ‘double slash’ to be found by content selectors  
2018-11-08 04:49:24,712+0000 INFO [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl - Upgrade maven from 1.0 to 1.1  
2018-11-08 04:49:24,731+0000 INFO [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM org.sonatype.nexus.repository.maven.upgrade.MavenUpgrade\_1\_1 - Scanning maven2 repository maven-snapshots for maven index file assets  
2018-11-08 04:49:24,734+0000 WARN [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl - Problem upgrading maven from 1.0 to 1.1  
java.lang.NullPointerException: null  
at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.maven.upgrade.MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.lambda$1(MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.java:101)  
at java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1257)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.maven.upgrade.MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.updateMavenIndexFileAssetKind(MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.java:99)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.maven.upgrade.MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.apply(MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.java:84)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl.lambda$3(UpgradeServiceImpl.java:193)  
at java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1257)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl.doUpgrade(UpgradeServiceImpl.java:135)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl.doStart(UpgradeServiceImpl.java:91)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.StateGuardLifecycleSupport.start(StateGuardLifecycleSupport.java:67)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl$$EnhancerByGuice$$dbe05174.CGLIB$start$4()  
at org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl$$EnhancerByGuice$$dbe05174$$FastClassByGuice$$2ae549d6.invoke()  
at com.google.inject.internal.cglib.proxy.$MethodProxy.invokeSuper(MethodProxy.java:228)  
at com.google.inject.internal.InterceptorStackCallback$InterceptedMethodInvocation.proceed(InterceptorStackCallback.java:76)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.MethodInvocationAction.run(MethodInvocationAction.java:39)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.StateGuard$TransitionImpl.run(StateGuard.java:191)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.TransitionsInterceptor.invoke(TransitionsInterceptor.java:56)  
at com.google.inject.internal.InterceptorStackCallback$InterceptedMethodInvocation.proceed(InterceptorStackCallback.java:77)  
at com.google.inject.internal.InterceptorStackCallback.intercept(InterceptorStackCallback.java:55)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl$$EnhancerByGuice$$dbe05174.start()  
at org.sonatype.nexus.extender.NexusLifecycleManager.startComponent(NexusLifecycleManager.java:155)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.extender.NexusLifecycleManager.to(NexusLifecycleManager.java:95)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.extender.NexusContextListener.frameworkEvent(NexusContextListener.java:191)  
at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.setActiveStartLevel(Felix.java:1429)  
at org.apache.felix.framework.FrameworkStartLevelImpl.run(FrameworkStartLevelImpl.java:308)  
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)  
2018-11-08 04:49:24,737+0000 WARN [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl -

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Rollback upgrade

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2018-11-08 04:49:24,737+0000 INFO [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl - Rolling back component  
2018-11-08 04:51:39,085+0000 INFO [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM com.orientechnologies.orient.core.storage.impl.local.paginated.OLocalPaginatedStorage - Storage ‘plocal:/nexus-data/db/component’ is opened under OrientDB distribution : 2.2.36 (build d3beb772c02098ceaea89779a7afd4b7305d3788, branch 2.2.x)  
2018-11-08 04:51:40,058+0000 INFO [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl - Rolling back config  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,108+0000 INFO [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM com.orientechnologies.orient.core.storage.impl.local.paginated.OLocalPaginatedStorage - Storage ‘plocal:/nexus-data/db/config’ is opened under OrientDB distribution : 2.2.36 (build d3beb772c02098ceaea89779a7afd4b7305d3788, branch 2.2.x)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,120+0000 WARN [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl -

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Upgrade failed

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2018-11-08 04:51:44,121+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl - Failed transition: NEW -\> STARTED  
java.lang.NullPointerException: null  
at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.maven.upgrade.MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.lambda$1(MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.java:101)  
at java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1257)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.maven.upgrade.MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.updateMavenIndexFileAssetKind(MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.java:99)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.maven.upgrade.MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.apply(MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.java:84)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl.lambda$3(UpgradeServiceImpl.java:193)  
at java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1257)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl.doUpgrade(UpgradeServiceImpl.java:135)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl.doStart(UpgradeServiceImpl.java:91)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.StateGuardLifecycleSupport.start(StateGuardLifecycleSupport.java:67)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.MethodInvocationAction.run(MethodInvocationAction.java:39)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.StateGuard$TransitionImpl.run(StateGuard.java:191)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.TransitionsInterceptor.invoke(TransitionsInterceptor.java:56)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.extender.NexusLifecycleManager.startComponent(NexusLifecycleManager.java:155)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.extender.NexusLifecycleManager.to(NexusLifecycleManager.java:95)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.extender.NexusContextListener.frameworkEvent(NexusContextListener.java:191)  
at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.setActiveStartLevel(Felix.java:1429)  
at org.apache.felix.framework.FrameworkStartLevelImpl.run(FrameworkStartLevelImpl.java:308)  
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,122+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM org.sonatype.nexus.extender.NexusContextListener - Failed to start nexus  
java.lang.NullPointerException: null  
at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.maven.upgrade.MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.lambda$1(MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.java:101)  
at java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1257)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.maven.upgrade.MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.updateMavenIndexFileAssetKind(MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.java:99)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.maven.upgrade.MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.apply(MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.java:84)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl.lambda$3(UpgradeServiceImpl.java:193)  
at java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1257)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl.doUpgrade(UpgradeServiceImpl.java:135)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl.doStart(UpgradeServiceImpl.java:91)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.StateGuardLifecycleSupport.start(StateGuardLifecycleSupport.java:67)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.MethodInvocationAction.run(MethodInvocationAction.java:39)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.StateGuard$TransitionImpl.run(StateGuard.java:191)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.TransitionsInterceptor.invoke(TransitionsInterceptor.java:56)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.extender.NexusLifecycleManager.startComponent(NexusLifecycleManager.java:155)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.extender.NexusLifecycleManager.to(NexusLifecycleManager.java:95)  
at org.sonatype.nexus.extender.NexusContextListener.frameworkEvent(NexusContextListener.java:191)  
at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.setActiveStartLevel(Felix.java:1429)  
at org.apache.felix.framework.FrameworkStartLevelImpl.run(FrameworkStartLevelImpl.java:308)  
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,134+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM java.lang.Throwable - java.lang.NullPointerException  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,134+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM java.lang.Throwable - at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.maven.upgrade.MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.lambda$1(MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.java:101)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,134+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM java.lang.Throwable - at java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1257)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,134+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM java.lang.Throwable - at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.maven.upgrade.MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.updateMavenIndexFileAssetKind(MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.java:99)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,134+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM java.lang.Throwable - at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.maven.upgrade.MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.apply(MavenUpgrade\_1\_1.java:84)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,135+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM java.lang.Throwable - at org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl.lambda$3(UpgradeServiceImpl.java:193)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,135+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM java.lang.Throwable - at java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1257)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,135+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM java.lang.Throwable - at org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl.doUpgrade(UpgradeServiceImpl.java:135)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,135+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM java.lang.Throwable - at org.sonatype.nexus.upgrade.internal.UpgradeServiceImpl.doStart(UpgradeServiceImpl.java:91)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,135+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM java.lang.Throwable - at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.StateGuardLifecycleSupport.start(StateGuardLifecycleSupport.java:67)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,135+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM java.lang.Throwable - at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.MethodInvocationAction.run(MethodInvocationAction.java:39)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,135+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM java.lang.Throwable - at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.StateGuard$TransitionImpl.run(StateGuard.java:191)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,136+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM java.lang.Throwable - at org.sonatype.nexus.common.stateguard.TransitionsInterceptor.invoke(TransitionsInterceptor.java:56)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,136+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM java.lang.Throwable - at org.sonatype.nexus.extender.NexusLifecycleManager.startComponent(NexusLifecycleManager.java:155)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,136+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM java.lang.Throwable - at org.sonatype.nexus.extender.NexusLifecycleManager.to(NexusLifecycleManager.java:95)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,136+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM java.lang.Throwable - at org.sonatype.nexus.extender.NexusContextListener.frameworkEvent(NexusContextListener.java:191)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,136+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM java.lang.Throwable - at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.setActiveStartLevel(Felix.java:1429)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,137+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM java.lang.Throwable - at org.apache.felix.framework.FrameworkStartLevelImpl.run(FrameworkStartLevelImpl.java:308)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,137+0000 ERROR [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM java.lang.Throwable - at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,172+0000 INFO [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM org.sonatype.nexus.extender.NexusContextListener - Uptime: 4 minutes, 45 seconds and 236 milliseconds  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,181+0000 INFO [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM org.sonatype.nexus.extender.NexusLifecycleManager - Stop RESTORE  
2018-11-08 04:51:44,181+0000 INFO [FelixStartLevel] \*SYSTEM org.sonatype.nexus.extender.NexusLifecycleManager - Stop STORAGE

Pl. help.

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**Author:** ![marie.bc](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/community.sonatype.com/marie.bc/32/528_2.png) [@marie.bc](https://community.sonatype.com/u/marie.bc)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 10:08am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/nexus3-3-11-0-to-3-13-0-upgrade-error/780/2 "2019-03-14T10:08:35Z")

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Anyone has any update about this? I’m encounterign the same issue when upgrading from 3.14 to 3.15.

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**Author:** ![rseddon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/community.sonatype.com/rseddon/32/341_2.png) [@rseddon](https://community.sonatype.com/u/rseddon)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/nexus3-3-11-0-to-3-13-0-upgrade-error/780/3 "2019-03-14T12:09:07Z")

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It looks like the component database might be corrupt. I suggest raising an issue in the ‘dev - nexus’ project at [https://issues.sonatype.org](https://issues.sonatype.org) for help.

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**Author:** ![my.ravisoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@my.ravisoni](https://community.sonatype.com/u/my.ravisoni)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/nexus3-3-11-0-to-3-13-0-upgrade-error/780/4 "2019-09-13T20:50:57Z")

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Created Jira issue

[https://issues.sonatype.org/browse/NEXUS-21144](https://issues.sonatype.org/browse/NEXUS-21144)

Ravi