# Allocate missing replica shards

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allocate-missing-replica-shards/89647>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 16, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allocate-missing-replica-shards/89647 "2017-06-16T03:39:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aris\_Pratama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58f4c7/32.png) [@Aris\_Pratama](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aris_Pratama)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allocate-missing-replica-shards/89647/1 "2017-06-16T03:39:52Z")

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hey all,

when i open tab monitoring, there is a report "_Allocate missing replica shards._"

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/c/ac768140757a0aa2470bceaf3d3d51a830cc1a0a.png)

what is that mean? is there something wrong with my configuration at _filebeat.yml_ ? is the error something critical or just warning?

thanks,

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allocate-missing-replica-shards/89647/2 "2017-06-16T06:42:42Z")

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May be you have only one node?

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**Author:** ![Aris\_Pratama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58f4c7/32.png) [@Aris\_Pratama](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aris_Pratama)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allocate-missing-replica-shards/89647/3 "2017-06-16T10:57:47Z")

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yup, elastic + kibana.

but the data is from filebeat at some host, there are five host or more.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allocate-missing-replica-shards/89647/4 "2017-06-16T18:16:50Z")

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So you are probably using default index settings, which means 5 shards and 1 replica.  
If you don't need replicas, just set the number of replicas to 0 and your cluster will be green.

Otherwise, start new nodes.

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**Author:** ![Aris\_Pratama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58f4c7/32.png) [@Aris\_Pratama](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aris_Pratama)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allocate-missing-replica-shards/89647/5 "2017-06-19T02:22:08Z")

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thanks for the answer @dadoonet

but, will it affect the data what it was already in harvest from filebeat?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allocate-missing-replica-shards/89647/6 "2017-06-19T03:00:13Z")

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No it will not.

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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 17, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allocate-missing-replica-shards/89647/7 "2017-07-17T03:00:15Z")

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