[THREDDS #GHR-456072]: nullPointerException in when accessing 4.3.15 GRIB featureCollection's

Hi Dan:

(sorry i missed this message from last week- was just thinking that i hadnt 
heard from you).

for sure remove the spurious index files from the data directory. make sure 
that only the files you want are getting included.

you can look at the index files (.ncx) in latest toolsui iosp/cdmIndex tab. far 
right info button shown what files are in it.

John 


> I have redone the lists and included the
> GribIndex directory 4.3.15 has created:
> 
> http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/data/gfsanl/gribindex.tar.gz
> http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/data/gfsanl/findlist.txt.bz2
> 
> The .grb2 are for GFS grid 4, which should not be included
> due to the collectionSpec.   I have changed this silghtly since
> sending you the configuration, due to Ethans suggestions...
> Homing into just one month makes no difference in the
> nullPointerException that gets tirggered.
> 
> The index files resident in the file system itself was
> not created by this installation -- they ARE going into
> GribINdex.. but I'm just not sure if the presense of these
> old index files might be causing trouble in some way.  I've
> seen stranger things.
> 
> We need to have index files in a separate directory, in some
> cases a read only file system is present due to security reasons
> and this is actually essential and I'm glad you have developed
> this option.
> 
> -Dan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Unidata THREDDS Support
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi Dan:
> >
> > 1) can you redo this with "ls -l" to get time, size and ownership?
> >    can restrict to *grb*
> >
> > 2) I see some .grb2 in some directories, not sure what they are:
> >
> > ./200711/20071130/gfsanl_3_20071130_1800_006.grb
> > ./200711/20071130/gfsanl_3_20071130_1800_006.grb.gbx9
> > ./200711/20071130/gfsanl_3_20071130_1800_006.grb.ncx
> > ./200711/20071130/gfsanl_3_20071130_1800_006.idx
> > ./200711/20071130/gfsanl_3_20071130_1800_006.inv
> > ./200711/20071130/gfsanl_4_20071130_1200_000.grb2
> > ./200711/20071130/gfsanl_4_20071130_1200_003.grb2
> > ./200711/20071130/gfsanl_4_20071130_1200_006.grb2
> > ./200711/20071130/gfsanl_4_20071130_1800_000.grb2
> > ./200711/20071130/gfsanl_4_20071130_1800_003.grb2
> > ./200711/20071130/gfsanl_4_20071130_1800_006.grb2
> >
> > 3) the gbx9 and ncx files are the cdm index files. But you have
> >
> >         <GribIndex>
> >                 <alwaysUse>true</alwaysUse>
> >                 
> > <dir>/home/tomcat/tomcat-main.4.3.14/content/thredds/cache/GribIndex</dir>
> >                 <policy>nestedDirectory</policy>
> >                 <scour>48 hours</scour>
> >                 <maxAge>90 days</maxAge>
> >         </GribIndex>
> >
> > so these will go into 
> > /home/tomcat/tomcat-main.4.3.14/content/thredds/cache/GribIndex/
> >
> > if you are sure this is what you want to do, for sure delete the gbx9 and 
> > ncx files in the data dirs.
> >
> > 4) i need a file listing on 
> > /home/tomcat/tomcat-main.4.3.14/content/thredds/cache/GribIndex/
> >
> > 5) we might want to get this working on just one month first.
> >
> >
> >
> >> John,
> >> Assuming you want the source GRIB files, you can
> >> get them here:
> >>
> >> wget -r http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/data/gfsanl/201001/20100104/
> >>
> >> For a complete find file list from the top level (nexus/gfsanl):
> >>
> >> http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/data/gfsanl/findlist.txt.bz2
> >>
> >> I immediately noticed : gfsanl_3_20040302_0000_000.grb.ncx
> >> and the like... I'm not sure what created these...  may have been an
> >> older version of TDS.
> >> Should I get rid of them?
> >>
> >> -rw-rw-r-- 1 nomads nomads 5884 Nov 29 12:11
> >> ./200403/20040302/gfsanl_3_20040302_0000_000.grb.ncx
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Ticket Details
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> > Ticket ID: GHR-456072
> > Department: Support THREDDS
> > Priority: High
> > Status: Open
> >
> 
> 
> 
> --
> =======================================
> Dan Swank
> NCDC-NOMADS Project
> Team ERT/STG
> (NCDC Government Contractor)
> Data Access & Applications Branch
> Veach-Baley Federal Building
> 151 Patton Avenue
> Asheville, NC 28801-5001
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> Phone: 828-271-4007
> ============================================
> Any opinions expressed in this message are mine personally and
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> ============================================
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> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: GHR-456072
Department: Support THREDDS
Priority: Critical
Status: Open