It worked ,i followed steps only difference i erased everything and started
from scratch again
> From: kalyan.ku...@live.com
> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
> Subject: Solr Shards and ZooKeeper
> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:51:41 -0400
>
> Hi allI am trying to configure external zookeeper with solr instances which
> has to have 2 shards.I tried the introductory solrcloud wiki page and
> lucidworks solrcloud page it works just fine(embedded zookeeper),The problem
> i have is start solr with 2 shards when i have external zookeeper,i cant get
> solr to start with 2 shards
> Steps followed1.start zookeeper
> 2.Start First solr instance with args nohup java
> -Dbootstrap_confdir=./solr/Articles/conf -Dcollection.configName=Articles
> -DzkHost=dev-core-solr1:2181 -DnumShards=2 -jar start.jar &
> 3.Start the second solr instancenohup java -DzkHost=dev-core-solr1:2181 -jar
> start.jar &
>
>
> And when i navigate to the cloud page i see shard1 connected to 2 solr
> instances instead of shard1 connected to solr1instance1 and shard2 to
> solrinstance2
> Behaviour is not the same when i start embedded zookeeper from solr,i see
> shard1 connected to solrinstance1 and shard2 connected to solrinstance2
> Am i doing something wrong or have i missed any steps.Please help
> Kalyan
