# Upgrade from 0.9.x -\> 0.10.4: search '\*:\*' finds all hosts, search ''name:\*" gets 0 results

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/upgrade-from-0-9-x-0-10-4-search-finds-all-hosts-search-name-gets-0-results/2035>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [September 4, 2011, 6:56am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/upgrade-from-0-9-x-0-10-4-search-finds-all-hosts-search-name-gets-0-results/2035 "2011-09-04T06:56:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Charles\_Duffy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/charles_duffy/32/793_2.png) [@Charles\_Duffy](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Charles_Duffy)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 6:56am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/upgrade-from-0-9-x-0-10-4-search-finds-all-hosts-search-name-gets-0-results/2035/1 "2011-09-04T06:56:28Z")

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Per subject –

chef-expander’s log indicates that it’s successfully able to run indexing  
operations, and I’ve run an index rebuild… but while ‘knife search node  
"_:_"’ returns everything I’d expect, ‘knife search node “name:\*”’ comes  
back empty.

Where should I start in understanding (or diagnosing) this behavior?

[As an aside – while I’ve upgraded the server to 0.10.x, most clients are  
remaining 0.9.x for now, which I understand to be a supported configuration.  
The 0.10.x clients aren’t coming back in search either].

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Akins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/brian_akins/32/298_2.png) [@Brian\_Akins](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Brian_Akins)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/upgrade-from-0-9-x-0-10-4-search-finds-all-hosts-search-name-gets-0-results/2035/2 "2011-09-05T13:00:51Z")

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Maybe this?  
[http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2346](http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2346)

Issue has been submitted multiple times in various forms. Basic fix is to increase “maxFieldLength” in solr config.

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**Author:** ![Charles\_Duffy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/charles_duffy/32/793_2.png) [@Charles\_Duffy](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Charles_Duffy)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/upgrade-from-0-9-x-0-10-4-search-finds-all-hosts-search-name-gets-0-results/2035/3 "2011-09-05T14:52:44Z")

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I did a clean install of Chef 0.10.4 on a brand new system as opposed to  
upgrading, with a dump and restore of the CouchDB instance, and the issue  
went away. I thus doubt it was CHEF-2346, as I understand it to be a  
deterministic issue -- should have happened after the clean install just as  
much as it happened after the upgrade.

I haven't deprovisioned the old node yet (but have it running under a  
different name and IP); if anyone is interested in investigating, please  
contact me within the next day or two; otherwise, I'm liable to toss it out.

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Brian Akins [brian@akins.org](mailto:brian@akins.org) wrote:

> Maybe this?  
> [http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2346](http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2346)
> 
> Issue has been submitted multiple times in various forms. Basic fix is to  
> increase "maxFieldLength" in solr config.