# Any ideas why the ILM policy with WARM phase is not working?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-ideas-why-the-ilm-policy-with-warm-phase-is-not-working/240107
**Category:** Elastic Stack
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management
**Created:** [July 7, 2020, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-ideas-why-the-ilm-policy-with-warm-phase-is-not-working/240107 "2020-07-07T07:31:13Z")
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### Author:  [@Viktor\_Markvardt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Viktor_Markvardt)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2020, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-ideas-why-the-ilm-policy-with-warm-phase-is-not-working/240107/1 "2020-07-07T07:31:13Z")
Hi guys,
My goal is: move old documents to read-only indexes.
Please see details below via the link:
> [@ILM Warm phase settings](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-warm-phase-settings/236703):
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> Hi guys, I created an index lifecycle policy for warm phase, but I can not understand where new documents are? My goal is: move old documents to read-only indexes. Please see details below: PUT \_ilm/policy/ro { "policy": { "phases": { "hot": { "min\_age": "0ms", "actions": { "rollover": { "max\_age": "1m", "max\_size": "50gb" }, …
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2020, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-ideas-why-the-ilm-policy-with-warm-phase-is-not-working/240107/2 "2020-07-07T07:32:18Z")
Please don't start duplicate threads for existing questions.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2020, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-ideas-why-the-ilm-policy-with-warm-phase-is-not-working/240107/3 "2020-07-07T07:32:23Z")