Thanks for the reply.
Here is what I find in the Tomcat log:
Feb 06, 2014 11:39:45 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore execute
INFO: [statistics] webapp=/ajs/isw-1.7/solr path=/select params={q=type:2+AND+id:1&wt=javabin&version=1} hits=4 status=0 QTime=1
Feb 06, 2014 11:39:45 AM org.apache.solr.update.DirectUpdateHandler2 commit
INFO: start commit(optimize=true,waitFlush=true,waitSearcher=true,expungeDeletes=false)
Feb 06, 2014 11:39:45 AM org.apache.solr.update.processor.LogUpdateProcessor finish
INFO: {} 0 1
Feb 06, 2014 11:39:45 AM org.apache.solr.common.SolrException log
SEVERE: java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to acquire random test lock; please verify filesystem for lock directory '/home/andjsmit/dspace/isw-1.7/solr/statistics/data/index' supports locking
at org.apache.lucene.store.NativeFSLockFactory.acquireTestLock(NativeFSLockFactory.java:99)
at org.apache.lucene.store.NativeFSLockFactory.makeLock(NativeFSLockFactory.java:137)
at org.apache.lucene.store.Directory.makeLock(Directory.java:131)
at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter.init(IndexWriter.java:1563)
at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter.<init>(IndexWriter.java:1421)
at org.apache.solr.update.SolrIndexWriter.<init>(SolrIndexWriter.java:191)
at org.apache.solr.update.UpdateHandler.createMainIndexWriter(UpdateHandler.java:98)
at org.apache.solr.update.DirectUpdateHandler2.openWriter(DirectUpdateHandler2.java:173)
at org.apache.solr.update.DirectUpdateHandler2.commit(DirectUpdateHandler2.java:402)
at org.apache.solr.update.processor.RunUpdateProcessor.processCommit(RunUpdateProcessorFactory.java:85)
at org.apache.solr.handler.RequestHandlerUtils.handleCommit(RequestHandlerUtils.java:107)
at org.apache.solr.handler.ContentStreamHandlerBase.handleRequestBody(ContentStreamHandlerBase.java:48)
at org.apache.solr.handler.RequestHandlerBase.handleRequest(RequestHandlerBase.java:131)
at org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore.execute(SolrCore.java:1316)
at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.execute(SolrDispatchFilter.java:338)
at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.doFilter(SolrDispatchFilter.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(Unknown Source)
at org.dspace.solr.filters.LocalHostRestrictionFilter.doFilter(LocalHostRestrictionFilter.java:60)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.googlecode.psiprobe.Tomcat70AgentValve.invoke(Tomcat70AgentValve.java:38)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpProcessor.process(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
Caused by: org.apache.lucene.store.LockReleaseFailedException: Cannot forcefully unlock a NativeFSLock which is held by another indexer component: /home/andjsmit/dspace/isw-1.7/solr/statistics/data/index/lucene-f8487b8bf55244e941659d24a471594b-lucene--59z8n1-test.lock
at org.apache.lucene.store.NativeFSLock.release(NativeFSLockFactory.java:321)
at org.apache.lucene.store.NativeFSLockFactory.acquireTestLock(NativeFSLockFactory.java:91)
... 34 more
Feb 06, 2014 11:39:45 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore execute
INFO: [statistics] webapp=/ajs/isw-1.7/solr path=/update params={optimize=true&waitSearcher=true&maxSegments=1&waitFlush=true&wt=javabin&version=1} status=500 QTime=1
Feb 06, 2014 11:39:45 AM org.apache.solr.common.SolrException log
SEVERE: java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to acquire random test lock; please verify filesystem for lock directory '/home/andjsmit/dspace/isw-1.7/solr/statistics/data/index' supports locking
at org.apache.lucene.store.NativeFSLockFactory.acquireTestLock(NativeFSLockFactory.java:99)
at org.apache.lucene.store.NativeFSLockFactory.makeLock(NativeFSLockFactory.java:137)
at org.apache.lucene.store.Directory.makeLock(Directory.java:131)
at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter.init(IndexWriter.java:1563)
at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter.<init>(IndexWriter.java:1421)
at org.apache.solr.update.SolrIndexWriter.<init>(SolrIndexWriter.java:191)
at org.apache.solr.update.UpdateHandler.createMainIndexWriter(UpdateHandler.java:98)
at org.apache.solr.update.DirectUpdateHandler2.openWriter(DirectUpdateHandler2.java:173)
at org.apache.solr.update.DirectUpdateHandler2.commit(DirectUpdateHandler2.java:402)
at org.apache.solr.update.processor.RunUpdateProcessor.processCommit(RunUpdateProcessorFactory.java:85)
at org.apache.solr.handler.RequestHandlerUtils.handleCommit(RequestHandlerUtils.java:107)
at org.apache.solr.handler.ContentStreamHandlerBase.handleRequestBody(ContentStreamHandlerBase.java:48)
at org.apache.solr.handler.RequestHandlerBase.handleRequest(RequestHandlerBase.java:131)
at org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore.execute(SolrCore.java:1316)
at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.execute(SolrDispatchFilter.java:338)
at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.doFilter(SolrDispatchFilter.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(Unknown Source)
at org.dspace.solr.filters.LocalHostRestrictionFilter.doFilter(LocalHostRestrictionFilter.java:60)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.googlecode.psiprobe.Tomcat70AgentValve.invoke(Tomcat70AgentValve.java:38)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpProcessor.process(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
Caused by: org.apache.lucene.store.LockReleaseFailedException: Cannot forcefully unlock a NativeFSLock which is held by another indexer component: /home/andjsmit/dspace/isw-1.7/solr/statistics/data/index/lucene-f8487b8bf55244e941659d24a471594b-lucene--59z8n1-test.lock
at org.apache.lucene.store.NativeFSLock.release(NativeFSLockFactory.java:321)
at org.apache.lucene.store.NativeFSLockFactory.acquireTestLock(NativeFSLockFactory.java:91)
... 34 more
In the solr/statistics/data directory, I found a lock file I think (lucene-364fc85d50ed05e0eb5030f547b632b7-write.lock). Removing it did not change the error.