# Elasticdump fails to write back into elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticdump-fails-to-write-back-into-elasticsearch/69726>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 22, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticdump-fails-to-write-back-into-elasticsearch/69726 "2016-12-22T01:51:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![tiggyboo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@tiggyboo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tiggyboo)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticdump-fails-to-write-back-into-elasticsearch/69726/1 "2016-12-22T01:51:15Z")

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I'm trying out Elasticdump - I'm finding that:

1. Loading Elasticsearch
2. Elasticdumping mapping and data
3. Delete elasticsearch data/indexes
4. Elasticdumping the previously dumped files back into Elasticsearch

Doesn't work. On step 4 the mapping file goes in fine, but not the data file. Here's what I did - the bolded step didn't work.

Step 1 ...  
Step 2

> elasticdump --input=[http://localhost:9200/directory](http://localhost:9200/directory) --output /users/afs01/data/my\_mapping.json --type=mapping  
> elasticdump --input=[http://localhost:9200/directory](http://localhost:9200/directory) --output /users/afs01/data/my\_data\_mapping.json --type=data  
> Step 3  
> curl -XDELETE localhost:9200/directory  
> Step 4  
> elasticdump --output=[http://localhost:9200/directory](http://localhost:9200/directory) --input /users/afs01/data/my\_mapping.json --type=mapping  
> **\> elasticdump --output=[http://localhost:9200/directory](http://localhost:9200/directory) --input /users/afs01/data/my\_data\_mapping.json --type=data**

Output of my attempt to dump data back into elasticsearch:

> Thu, 22 Dec 2016 01:42:53 GMT | starting dump  
> Thu, 22 Dec 2016 01:42:53 GMT | got 4 objects from source file (offset: 0)  
> Thu, 22 Dec 2016 01:42:53 GMT | sent 4 objects to destination elasticsearch, wrote 0  
> Thu, 22 Dec 2016 01:42:53 GMT | got 0 objects from source file (offset: 4)  
> Thu, 22 Dec 2016 01:42:53 GMT | Total Writes: 0  
> Thu, 22 Dec 2016 01:42:53 GMT | dump complete

Any suggestions appreciated!  
Al

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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:** [January 19, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticdump-fails-to-write-back-into-elasticsearch/69726/2 "2017-01-19T01:51:34Z")

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