# ElasticSearch:Failed to execute phase \[dfs\], all shards failed

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failed-to-execute-phase-dfs-all-shards-failed/58624>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 22, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failed-to-execute-phase-dfs-all-shards-failed/58624 "2016-08-22T21:38:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![mars76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@mars76](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mars76)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failed-to-execute-phase-dfs-all-shards-failed/58624/1 "2016-08-22T21:38:52Z")

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I am using elastic search 2.3.5 and when i started contacting it from my Java Code i am getting the following Exception:

```
Failed to execute phase [dfs], all shards failedat org.elasticsearch.action.search.AbstractSearchAsyncAction.onFirstPhaseResult(AbstractSearchAsyncAction.java:206)
	at org.elasticsearch.action.search.AbstractSearchAsyncAction.start(AbstractSearchAsyncAction.java:129)
	at org.elasticsearch.action.search.TransportSearchAction.doExecute(TransportSearchAction.java:115)

```

Here is what i am seeing in elastic search console. I have set the following in bin/elasticsearch

```
export ES_HEAP_SIZE=10g
echo "ES_HEAP_SIZE=[$ES_HEAP_SIZE]"

```

Here is my yml file

```
cluster.name: mycluster
#
# ------------------------------------ Node ------------------------------------
#
# Use a descriptive name for the node:
#
node.name: hdp1

node.master: true
node.data: true
#
# Add custom attributes to the node:
#
# node.rack: r1
#
# ----------------------------------- Paths ------------------------------------
#
# Path to directory where to store the data (separate multiple locations by comma):
#
path.data: /data/es
#
# Path to log files:
#
path.logs: /data/es/logs

path.plugins: /data/es/plugins
#
# ----------------------------------- Memory -----------------------------------
#
# Lock the memory on startup:
#
bootstrap.mlockall: true

```

Appreciate any help.

Here is what i am getting for cluster health:

```
{
   "cluster_name": "mycluster",
   "status": "red",
   "timed_out": false,
   "number_of_nodes": 1,
   "number_of_data_nodes": 1,
   "active_primary_shards": 0,
   "active_shards": 0,
   "relocating_shards": 0,
   "initializing_shards": 0,
   "unassigned_shards": 54,
   "delayed_unassigned_shards": 0,
   "number_of_pending_tasks": 0,
   "number_of_in_flight_fetch": 0,
   "task_max_waiting_in_queue_millis": 0,
   "active_shards_percent_as_number": 0,
   "indices": {
    "index1": {
     "status": "red",
     "number_of_shards": 3,
     "number_of_replicas": 2,
     "active_primary_shards": 0,
     "active_shards": 0,
     "relocating_shards": 0,
     "initializing_shards": 0,
     "unassigned_shards": 9
  }
}

```

It looks like there are 54 unassigned shards. I am not sure how to make the shards get assigned to a node.

I tried starting another instance (with different node name) and it this is what i got for helath status:

```
{
   "cluster_name": "mycluster",
   "status": "red",
   "timed_out": false,
   "number_of_nodes": 2,
   "number_of_data_nodes": 2,
   "active_primary_shards": 0,
   "active_shards": 0,
   "relocating_shards": 0,
   "initializing_shards": 0,
   "unassigned_shards": 54,
   "delayed_unassigned_shards": 0,
   "number_of_pending_tasks": 0,
   "number_of_in_flight_fetch": 0,
   "task_max_waiting_in_queue_millis": 0,
   "active_shards_percent_as_number": 0,
   "indices": {
  "index1": {
     "status": "red",
     "number_of_shards": 3,
     "number_of_replicas": 2,
     "active_primary_shards": 0,
     "active_shards": 0,
     "relocating_shards": 0,
     "initializing_shards": 0,
     "unassigned_shards": 9,
     "shards": {
        "0": {
           "status": "red",
           "primary_active": false,
           "active_shards": 0,
           "relocating_shards": 0,
           "initializing_shards": 0,
           "unassigned_shards": 3
        },
        "1": {
           "status": "red",
           "primary_active": false,
           "active_shards": 0,
           "relocating_shards": 0,
           "initializing_shards": 0,
           "unassigned_shards": 3
        },
        "2": {
           "status": "red",
           "primary_active": false,
           "active_shards": 0,
           "relocating_shards": 0,
           "initializing_shards": 0,
           "unassigned_shards": 3
        }
     }
  }
}

```

Not sure what i am doing wrong.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![msimos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@msimos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/msimos)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failed-to-execute-phase-dfs-all-shards-failed/58624/2 "2016-08-22T22:50:04Z")

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Hi,

Look at \_cat/shards and you can see which shards are unassigned. Then you can check your data path (/data/es) and see if these shards exist. Its possible you lost the data or you need to start the node(s) that these shards exist on.

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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 5, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failed-to-execute-phase-dfs-all-shards-failed/58624/3 "2017-07-05T22:26:00Z")

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