# ES server is not detecting the indexes **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 6, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-server-is-not-detecting-the-indexes/8337 "2012-07-06T05:53:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Abhishek\_Jajoria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@Abhishek\_Jajoria](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhishek_Jajoria)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-server-is-not-detecting-the-indexes/8337/1 "2012-07-06T05:53:56Z")
I have manually copied an index from an external cluster . when I restarted the elasticsearch server it says indices recovered. But it is not showing any indices in the cluster. ---
**Author:** ![drewr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/drewr/32/7803_2.png) [@drewr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/drewr)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-server-is-not-detecting-the-indexes/8337/2 "2012-07-06T13:46:04Z")
jajoria abhishek wrote: > I have manually copied an index from an external cluster . when I > restarted the elasticsearch server it says indices recovered. But > it is not showing any indices in the cluster. What versions of ES are you running on both clusters? You'll need at least 0.19.8 on both. Support for doing this type of migration was only recently added. If you have an older index it won't have the necessary state information contained in the index file structure. [Auto import dangling indices · Issue #2067 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/2067) -Drew ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-server-is-not-detecting-the-indexes/8337/3 "2017-07-06T03:21:14Z")