# ElasticSearch unssigned shards error

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-unssigned-shards-error/100302
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 13, 2017, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-unssigned-shards-error/100302 "2017-09-13T07:46:57Z")
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### Author: ![swlee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@swlee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/swlee)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2017, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-unssigned-shards-error/100302/1 "2017-09-13T07:46:57Z")

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using elastic 5.3.0

1 master and 5 data node

remove all translog files because data node's storage was fulled

still storage usage over 90%

when restart elastic, i meet Exception

java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: mypath/0/translog/translog.ckp

and \_cluster/health  
{  
"status": "red",  
"timed\_out": false,  
"number\_of\_nodes": 6,  
"number\_of\_data\_nodes": 5,  
"active\_primary\_shards": 0,  
"active\_shards": 0,  
"relocating\_shards": 0,  
"initializing\_shards": 0,  
"unassigned\_shards": 1432,  
"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  
}

how can i recover

please help..

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### Author: ![dakrone](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dakrone/32/23351_2.png) [@dakrone](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dakrone)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-unssigned-shards-error/100302/2 "2017-09-15T16:36:07Z")

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I would recommend that you stop Elasticsearch, and then use the `elasticsearch-translog` tool to attempt to repair the translog: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.6/index-modules-translog.html#corrupt-translog-truncation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.6/index-modules-translog.html#corrupt-translog-truncation)

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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: [October 13, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-unssigned-shards-error/100302/3 "2017-10-13T16:36:09Z")

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