# Elasticsearch won’t start after mounting new hard drive

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-won-t-start-after-mounting-new-hard-drive/180867>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 13, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-won-t-start-after-mounting-new-hard-drive/180867 "2019-05-13T19:11:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alec\_Carpenter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alec_carpenter/32/109837_2.png) [@Alec\_Carpenter](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alec_Carpenter)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-won-t-start-after-mounting-new-hard-drive/180867/1 "2019-05-13T19:11:45Z")

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When creating dashboards and visualizations I recurved a forbidden error. I then found out that I ran out of space in /var/log. I proceeded to logically mount a 100GB hard disk to /var/log. I restarted the box and elasticsearch won’t start. I looked at another page to and found that I need to move my elasticsearch shards somewhere else. I still don’t understand where my elasticsearch shards or what they are named. Any hope would be appreciated!

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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:** [June 10, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-won-t-start-after-mounting-new-hard-drive/180867/2 "2019-06-10T19:11:46Z")

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Closed on June 10, 2019, 7:11pm UTC

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