# 4 unassigned noeds how to remove

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/4-unassigned-noeds-how-to-remove/18895>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 25, 2014, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/4-unassigned-noeds-how-to-remove/18895 "2014-07-25T08:05:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Warat\_Wongmaneekit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Warat\_Wongmaneekit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Warat_Wongmaneekit)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/4-unassigned-noeds-how-to-remove/18895/1 "2014-07-25T08:05:53Z")

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My cluster are have 4 unassigned nodes and is alway save nodes how to  
resolve it I try to optimize, flush, but unassigned shard still 4. do you  
have any solution for fix it.  
_Cluster health_

{

- cluster\_name: "zocialinc",
- status: "red",
- timed\_out: false,
- number\_of\_nodes: 3,
- number\_of\_data\_nodes: 3,
- active\_primary\_shards: 258,
- active\_shards: 514,
- relocating\_shards: 0,
- initializing\_shards: 2,
- unassigned\_shards: 4

}

_Error_

[2014-07-25 03:58:54,706][WARN][cluster.action.shard] [Host88]  
[location][15] sending failed shard for [location][15],  
node[sQEMBQGMT1eyDrPwF-xGeA], [P], s[INITIALIZING], indexUUID  
[rQCmT3zSSdWoVspVW1eXcA], reason [Failed to start shard, message  
[IndexShardGatewayRecoveryException[[location][15] failed to recover  
shard]; nested: IllegalArgumentException[No type mapped for [-1]]; ]]

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/4-unassigned-noeds-how-to-remove/18895/2 "2017-07-06T01:13:11Z")

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