# ElasticSearch clone the cluster from existing
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-clone-the-cluster-from-existing/242791
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [July 27, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-clone-the-cluster-from-existing/242791 "2020-07-27T17:51:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@bhuvaneshdct](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhuvaneshdct)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-clone-the-cluster-from-existing/242791/1 "2020-07-27T17:51:35Z")
I have 2 nodes ES cluster(on GCP platform), I want to clone this and need to create a new cluster.
I have taken the image of the current Node1 and 2 then create the VMs.
Then modified these settings as per the new cluster on the `elasticsearch.yml` file.
```auto
discovery.seed_hosts
cluster.initial_master_nodes
network.host
node.name
```
Then started the Elasticsearch service. Node 2 is started(but in red), and Node 1 started but giving this error.
```auto
[172.0.0.2] no known master node, scheduling a retry
[172.0.0.2] master not discovered or elected yet, an election requires a node with id [b6ayR48yTHq6cBvdugYWKA], have discovered [{172.0.0.2}{XdhyvbwLQQWBiawK4BX0Ag}{rcJ4blk5Tz2PZuEiViirNg}{172.0.0.2}{172.0.0.2:9300}{dim}] which is not a quorum; discovery will continue using [172.0.1.2:9300] from hosts providers and [{172.0.0.2}{XdhyvbwLQQWBiawK4BX0Ag}{rcJ4blk5Tz2PZuEiViirNg}{172.0.0.2}{172.0.0.2:9300}{dim}] from last-known cluster state; node term 31, last-accepted version 15139 in term 31
```
Not sure how to solve this.
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### Author:  [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-clone-the-cluster-from-existing/242791/2 "2020-07-27T18:01:25Z")
when you clone you mean copy everything including data dir of elastic?
I believe when you did that uuid is wrong. because hostname/ip etc.. are different.
best thing you could do to clone is startup new cluster (new name/ip etc..) and then copy all index (snapshot/restore)
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### Author:  [@bhuvaneshdct](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhuvaneshdct)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-clone-the-cluster-from-existing/242791/3 "2020-07-27T18:06:59Z")
Yes I copied everything. I don't how Node 2 was running fine.
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-clone-the-cluster-from-existing/242791/4 "2020-07-27T18:08:20Z")
That is not a supported way to set up a cluster. You should set up a brand new cluster and import data via snapshot and restore.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-clone-the-cluster-from-existing/242791/5 "2020-08-24T18:08:24Z")
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