Using the CloudSolrServer instead of HttpSolrServer will allow the solrj client to load balance between the available solr servers, and is recommended in a Cloudera Search environment.  The "No live SolrServers available to handle this request" is indicating a problem with the collection you are trying to update.   I would suggest reviewing the currently online replicas, via http://solr.server:8983/#/~cloud and you should be able to see if all the replicas for your collection are online.  You need at least one replica per shard to be the leader (as updates go to leaders and then get distributed to associated replicas).   -PD ... View more

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Brad,   Thank you very much, problem solved! ... View more