# Failed to index a document after increasing the number of replicas from 0 to 2. UnavailableShardsException was encountered

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**Created:** [April 2, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-index-a-document-after-increasing-the-number-of-replicas-from-0-to-2-unavailableshardsexception-was-encountered/7195 "2012-04-02T04:17:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ariel\_Mendoza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Ariel\_Mendoza](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ariel_Mendoza)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-index-a-document-after-increasing-the-number-of-replicas-from-0-to-2-unavailableshardsexception-was-encountered/7195/1 "2012-04-02T04:17:04Z")

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Here are my codes:

* * *

private Client client;  
...

Settings settings = ImmutableSettings.settingsBuilder()  
.put("cluster.name", clusterName)  
.put("path.conf", homePath)  
.put("path.data", homePath + "/data")  
.put("path.work", homePath + "/work")  
.put("path.logs", homePath + "/logs")  
.build();

node =  
NodeBuilder.nodeBuilder().settings(settings).local(true).node();  
client = node.client();

Settings indexSettings = ImmutableSettings.settingsBuilder()  
.put(IndexMetaData.SETTING\_NUMBER\_OF\_SHARDS,  
shards)  
.put(IndexMetaData.SETTING\_NUMBER\_OF\_REPLICAS,  
replicas)  
.build();

CreateIndexRequest cir = new CreateIndexRequest(dbName);  
cir.settings(indexSettings);

## AdminClient adminClient = client.admin(); adminClient.indices().create(cir).actionGet(); adminClient.cluster().health(new ClusterHealthRequest(dbName).waitForGreenStatus()).actionGet();

The setting values of shards=1 and replicas=0 works as shown in the  
results below:  
Search 'contact.address:B\*': took 82ms, shards 1:0, hits 14  
metadata.title: Albert Brown  
metadata.desc: Contacts person document containing details of  
Albert Brown  
metadata.title: Mike Rivera  
metadata.desc: Contacts person document containing details of Mike  
Rivera  
metadata.title: Kristina Rhoades  
metadata.desc: Contacts person document containing details of  
Kristina Rhoades  
metadata.title: Juan Robert  
metadata.desc: Contacts person document containing details of Juan  
Robert  
metadata.title: Alyssa Michel  
metadata.desc: Contacts person document containing details of  
Alyssa Michel  
metadata.title: Bradley Grant  
metadata.desc: Contacts person document containing details of  
Bradley Grant  
metadata.title: Lori Mcgrath  
metadata.desc: Contacts person document containing details of Lori  
Mcgrath  
metadata.title: Ingrid Thigpen  
metadata.desc: Contacts person document containing details of  
Ingrid Thigpen  
metadata.title: David Ruvalcaba  
metadata.desc: Contacts person document containing details of  
David Ruvalcaba  
metadata.title: Heather Hogan  
metadata.desc: Contacts person document containing details of  
Heather Hogan  
getResult = {"matches":14,"results":[{"title":"Albert  
Brown","desc":"Contacts person document containing details of Albert  
Brown","path":"/test\_db1/UbaCrmPerson/  
W2.10","type":"UbaCrmPerson","version":1},{"title":"Mike  
Rivera","desc":"Contacts person document containing details of Mike  
Rivera","path":"/test\_db1/UbaCrmPerson/  
W2.11","type":"UbaCrmPerson","version":1},{"title":"Kristina  
Rhoades","desc":"Contacts person document containing details of  
Kristina Rhoades","path":"/test\_db1/UbaCrmPerson/  
W2.20","type":"UbaCrmPerson","version":1},{"title":"Juan  
Robert","desc":"Contacts person document containing details of Juan  
Robert","path":"/test\_db1/UbaCrmPerson/  
W2.36","type":"UbaCrmPerson","version":1},{"title":"Alyssa  
Michel","desc":"Contacts person document containing details of Alyssa  
Michel","path":"/test\_db1/UbaCrmPerson/  
W2.43","type":"UbaCrmPerson","version":1},{"title":"Bradley  
Grant","desc":"Contacts person document containing details of Bradley  
Grant","path":"/test\_db1/UbaCrmPerson/  
W2.45","type":"UbaCrmPerson","version":1},{"title":"Lori  
Mcgrath","desc":"Contacts person document containing details of Lori  
Mcgrath","path":"/test\_db1/UbaCrmPerson/  
W2.54","type":"UbaCrmPerson","version":1},{"title":"Ingrid  
Thigpen","desc":"Contacts person document containing details of Ingrid  
Thigpen","path":"/test\_db1/UbaCrmPerson/  
W2.68","type":"UbaCrmPerson","version":1},{"title":"David  
Ruvalcaba","desc":"Contacts person document containing details of  
David Ruvalcaba","path":"/test\_db1/UbaCrmPerson/  
W2.70","type":"UbaCrmPerson","version":1},{"title":"Heather  
Hogan","desc":"Contacts person document containing details of Heather  
Hogan","path":"/test\_db1/UbaCrmPerson/  
W2.77","type":"UbaCrmPerson","version":1}],"count":20,"start":  
0,"query":"contact.address:B\*","queryId":  
1333338919603,"filter":"{"must":{"contact.address":"NSW"}}"}

But when I changed the setting values of shards=1 and replicas=2  
indexing fails as shown in the logs below:

Testcase: com.ubacrm.webapp.database.T008\_4\_SearchServlet\_Test: Caused  
an ERROR  
UbaEnv Error: Failed saving to 'system/template/config' - [system][0]  
[3] shardIt, [1] active : Timeout waiting for [1m], request: index  
{[system][template][config], source[{"subsections":{"configs":{"ui":  
{"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"name":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Configs","type":"string"}}},"versions":  
{"ui":{"caption":"Versions","type":"Versions"},"items":-1,"fields":  
{}},"system":{"ui":{"type":"GridForm"},"items":1,"fields":  
{"jaasConfig":{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"JAAS  
Config","type":"string"},"authRequest":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":true,"caption":"Authenticate  
Requests","type":"boolean"},"userJAAS":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":false,"caption":"User  
JAAS","type":"boolean"},"sessionTimeout":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":30,"caption":"Seeion  
Timeout","type":"integer"}}},"documents":{"ui":  
{"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"path":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Documents","type":"string"}}},"email":  
{"ui":{"type":"GridForm"},"items":1,"fields":{"smtpHost":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"SMTP  
Host","type":"string"},"userId":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"User  
Name","type":"string"},"password":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Password","type":"string"}}},"roles":  
{"ui":{"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"name":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"JAAS  
Config","type":"string"},"write":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"pub","caption":"JAAS  
Config","type":"string"},"read":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"pub","caption":"JAAS  
Config","type":"string"},"digest":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"JAAS  
Config","type":"string"}}},"portfolios":{"ui":  
{"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"system":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"System","type":"string"},"desc":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Description","type":"string"},"name":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Name","type":"string"},"digest":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Digest","type":"string"},"type":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Type","type":"string"},"database":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Database","type":"string"},"size":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":  
0,"caption":"Size","type":"integer"}}},"sms":{"ui":  
{"type":"GridForm"},"items":1,"fields":{"message":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Message","type":"string"},"to":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"To","type":"string"},"subject":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Subject","type":"string"},"type":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Type","type":"string"},"url":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"URL","type":"string"}}},"metadata":  
{"ui":{"caption":"Metadata","type":"Metadata"},"items":-1,"fields":  
{}}},"macros":{},"sections":{"settings":{"subsections":  
["system","email","sms"],"min":1,"sort":1,"max":  
1,"caption":"Settings"},"security":{"subsections":  
["portfolios","roles"],"min":1,"sort":2,"max":  
1,"caption":"Security"},"depends":{"subsections":  
["configs","documents"],"min":1,"sort":3,"max":  
1,"caption":"Dependencies"},"info":{"subsections":  
["metadata","versions"],"min":1,"sort":4,"max":  
1,"caption":"Info"}},"styles":[],"lists":{},"metadata":  
{"id":"config","versions":[{"by":"system","ver":  
1,"date":"2012-04-02T03:26:27Z"}],"title":"config  
template","system":"UbaEnv03","desc":"config  
template","portfolio":"sys","owner":"system","type":"template","database":"system"}}]}  
com.ubacrm.webapp.exceptions.E510\_UbaEnvError\_Exception: UbaEnv Error:  
Failed saving to 'system/template/config' - [system][0] [3] shardIt,  
[1] active : Timeout waiting for [1m], request: index {[system]  
[template][config], source[{"subsections":{"configs":{"ui":  
{"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"name":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Configs","type":"string"}}},"versions":  
{"ui":{"caption":"Versions","type":"Versions"},"items":-1,"fields":  
{}},"system":{"ui":{"type":"GridForm"},"items":1,"fields":  
{"jaasConfig":{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"JAAS  
Config","type":"string"},"authRequest":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":true,"caption":"Authenticate  
Requests","type":"boolean"},"userJAAS":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":false,"caption":"User  
JAAS","type":"boolean"},"sessionTimeout":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":30,"caption":"Seeion  
Timeout","type":"integer"}}},"documents":{"ui":  
{"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"path":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Documents","type":"string"}}},"email":  
{"ui":{"type":"GridForm"},"items":1,"fields":{"smtpHost":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"SMTP  
Host","type":"string"},"userId":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"User  
Name","type":"string"},"password":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Password","type":"string"}}},"roles":  
{"ui":{"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"name":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"JAAS  
Config","type":"string"},"write":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"pub","caption":"JAAS  
Config","type":"string"},"read":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"pub","caption":"JAAS  
Config","type":"string"},"digest":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"JAAS  
Config","type":"string"}}},"portfolios":{"ui":  
{"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"system":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"System","type":"string"},"desc":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Description","type":"string"},"name":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Name","type":"string"},"digest":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Digest","type":"string"},"type":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Type","type":"string"},"database":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Database","type":"string"},"size":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":  
0,"caption":"Size","type":"integer"}}},"sms":{"ui":  
{"type":"GridForm"},"items":1,"fields":{"message":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Message","type":"string"},"to":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"To","type":"string"},"subject":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Subject","type":"string"},"type":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Type","type":"string"},"url":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"URL","type":"string"}}},"metadata":  
{"ui":{"caption":"Metadata","type":"Metadata"},"items":-1,"fields":  
{}}},"macros":{},"sections":{"settings":{"subsections":  
["system","email","sms"],"min":1,"sort":1,"max":  
1,"caption":"Settings"},"security":{"subsections":  
["portfolios","roles"],"min":1,"sort":2,"max":  
1,"caption":"Security"},"depends":{"subsections":  
["configs","documents"],"min":1,"sort":3,"max":  
1,"caption":"Dependencies"},"info":{"subsections":  
["metadata","versions"],"min":1,"sort":4,"max":  
1,"caption":"Info"}},"styles":[],"lists":{},"metadata":  
{"id":"config","versions":[{"by":"system","ver":  
1,"date":"2012-04-02T03:26:27Z"}],"title":"config  
template","system":"UbaEnv03","desc":"config  
template","portfolio":"sys","owner":"system","type":"template","database":"system"}}]}  
at com.ubacrm.webapp.Document.save(Document.java:397)  
at com.ubacrm.webapp.Template.save(Template.java:172)  
at com.ubacrm.webapp.UbaEnv.createDatabase(UbaEnv.java:393)  
at com.ubacrm.webapp.UbaEnv.getSystemDatabase(UbaEnv.java:351)  
at  
com.ubacrm.webapp.database.T008\_4\_SearchServlet\_Test.setUpClass(T008\_4\_SearchServlet\_Test.java:  
47)  
Caused by: org.elasticsearch.action.UnavailableShardsException:  
[system][0] [3] shardIt, [1] active : Timeout waiting for [1m],  
request: index {[system][template][config], source[{"subsections":  
{"configs":{"ui":{"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"name":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Configs","type":"string"}}},"versions":  
{"ui":{"caption":"Versions","type":"Versions"},"items":-1,"fields":  
{}},"system":{"ui":{"type":"GridForm"},"items":1,"fields":  
{"jaasConfig":{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"JAAS  
Config","type":"string"},"authRequest":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":true,"caption":"Authenticate  
Requests","type":"boolean"},"userJAAS":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":false,"caption":"User  
JAAS","type":"boolean"},"sessionTimeout":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":30,"caption":"Seeion  
Timeout","type":"integer"}}},"documents":{"ui":  
{"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"path":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Documents","type":"string"}}},"email":  
{"ui":{"type":"GridForm"},"items":1,"fields":{"smtpHost":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"SMTP  
Host","type":"string"},"userId":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"User  
Name","type":"string"},"password":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Password","type":"string"}}},"roles":  
{"ui":{"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"name":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"JAAS  
Config","type":"string"},"write":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"pub","caption":"JAAS  
Config","type":"string"},"read":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"pub","caption":"JAAS  
Config","type":"string"},"digest":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"JAAS  
Config","type":"string"}}},"portfolios":{"ui":  
{"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"system":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"System","type":"string"},"desc":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Description","type":"string"},"name":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Name","type":"string"},"digest":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Digest","type":"string"},"type":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Type","type":"string"},"database":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Database","type":"string"},"size":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":  
0,"caption":"Size","type":"integer"}}},"sms":{"ui":  
{"type":"GridForm"},"items":1,"fields":{"message":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Message","type":"string"},"to":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"To","type":"string"},"subject":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Subject","type":"string"},"type":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Type","type":"string"},"url":  
{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"URL","type":"string"}}},"metadata":  
{"ui":{"caption":"Metadata","type":"Metadata"},"items":-1,"fields":  
{}}},"macros":{},"sections":{"settings":{"subsections":  
["system","email","sms"],"min":1,"sort":1,"max":  
1,"caption":"Settings"},"security":{"subsections":  
["portfolios","roles"],"min":1,"sort":2,"max":  
1,"caption":"Security"},"depends":{"subsections":  
["configs","documents"],"min":1,"sort":3,"max":  
1,"caption":"Dependencies"},"info":{"subsections":  
["metadata","versions"],"min":1,"sort":4,"max":  
1,"caption":"Info"}},"styles":[],"lists":{},"metadata":  
{"id":"config","versions":[{"by":"system","ver":  
1,"date":"2012-04-02T03:26:27Z"}],"title":"config  
template","system":"UbaEnv03","desc":"config  
template","portfolio":"sys","owner":"system","type":"template","database":"system"}}]}  
at  
org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportShardReplicationOperationAction  
$AsyncShardOperationAction  
$3.onTimeout(TransportShardReplicationOperationAction.java:518)  
at org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.InternalClusterService  
$NotifyTimeout.run(InternalClusterService.java:356)  
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor  
$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)  
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor  
$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)  
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)

I'm running on ES version 0.19.1. I was hoping that  
waitForGreenStatus() would resolve this as I've read in other post,  
but that wasn't the case for me. I'm I missing any settings/  
configuration?

Regards,  
Ariel

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**Author:** ![Ariel\_Mendoza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Ariel\_Mendoza](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ariel_Mendoza)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-index-a-document-after-increasing-the-number-of-replicas-from-0-to-2-unavailableshardsexception-was-encountered/7195/2 "2012-04-02T05:18:27Z")

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Please discard my post. I have it working now.

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Ariel Mendoza [remote.arielm@gmail.com](mailto:remote.arielm@gmail.com)wrote:

> Here are my codes:
> 
> * * *
> 
> private Client client;  
> ...
> 
> Settings settings = ImmutableSettings.settingsBuilder()  
> .put("cluster.name", clusterName)  
> .put("path.conf", homePath)  
> .put("path.data", homePath + "/data")  
> .put("path.work", homePath + "/work")  
> .put("path.logs", homePath + "/logs")  
> .build();
> 
> node =  
> NodeBuilder.nodeBuilder().settings(settings).local(true).node();  
> client = node.client();
> 
> Settings indexSettings = ImmutableSettings.settingsBuilder()  
> .put(IndexMetaData.SETTING\_NUMBER\_OF\_SHARDS,  
> shards)  
> .put(IndexMetaData.SETTING\_NUMBER\_OF\_REPLICAS,  
> replicas)  
> .build();
> 
> CreateIndexRequest cir = new CreateIndexRequest(dbName);  
> cir.settings(indexSettings);
> 
> AdminClient adminClient = client.admin();  
> adminClient.indices().create(cir).actionGet();  
> adminClient.cluster().health(new  
> ClusterHealthRequest(dbName).waitForGreenStatus()).actionGet();
> 
> * * *
> 
> The setting values of shards=1 and replicas=0 works as shown in the  
> results below:  
> Search 'contact.address:B\*': took 82ms, shards 1:0, hits 14  
> metadata.title: Albert Brown  
> metadata.desc: Contacts person document containing details of  
> Albert Brown  
> metadata.title: Mike Rivera  
> metadata.desc: Contacts person document containing details of Mike  
> Rivera  
> metadata.title: Kristina Rhoades  
> metadata.desc: Contacts person document containing details of  
> Kristina Rhoades  
> metadata.title: Juan Robert  
> metadata.desc: Contacts person document containing details of Juan  
> Robert  
> metadata.title: Alyssa Michel  
> metadata.desc: Contacts person document containing details of  
> Alyssa Michel  
> metadata.title: Bradley Grant  
> metadata.desc: Contacts person document containing details of  
> Bradley Grant  
> metadata.title: Lori Mcgrath  
> metadata.desc: Contacts person document containing details of Lori  
> Mcgrath  
> metadata.title: Ingrid Thigpen  
> metadata.desc: Contacts person document containing details of  
> Ingrid Thigpen  
> metadata.title: David Ruvalcaba  
> metadata.desc: Contacts person document containing details of  
> David Ruvalcaba  
> metadata.title: Heather Hogan  
> metadata.desc: Contacts person document containing details of  
> Heather Hogan  
> getResult = {"matches":14,"results":[{"title":"Albert  
> Brown","desc":"Contacts person document containing details of Albert  
> Brown","path":"/test\_db1/UbaCrmPerson/  
> W2.10","type":"UbaCrmPerson","version":1},{"title":"Mike  
> Rivera","desc":"Contacts person document containing details of Mike  
> Rivera","path":"/test\_db1/UbaCrmPerson/  
> W2.11","type":"UbaCrmPerson","version":1},{"title":"Kristina  
> Rhoades","desc":"Contacts person document containing details of  
> Kristina Rhoades","path":"/test\_db1/UbaCrmPerson/  
> W2.20","type":"UbaCrmPerson","version":1},{"title":"Juan  
> Robert","desc":"Contacts person document containing details of Juan  
> Robert","path":"/test\_db1/UbaCrmPerson/  
> W2.36","type":"UbaCrmPerson","version":1},{"title":"Alyssa  
> Michel","desc":"Contacts person document containing details of Alyssa  
> Michel","path":"/test\_db1/UbaCrmPerson/  
> W2.43","type":"UbaCrmPerson","version":1},{"title":"Bradley  
> Grant","desc":"Contacts person document containing details of Bradley  
> Grant","path":"/test\_db1/UbaCrmPerson/  
> W2.45","type":"UbaCrmPerson","version":1},{"title":"Lori  
> Mcgrath","desc":"Contacts person document containing details of Lori  
> Mcgrath","path":"/test\_db1/UbaCrmPerson/  
> W2.54","type":"UbaCrmPerson","version":1},{"title":"Ingrid  
> Thigpen","desc":"Contacts person document containing details of Ingrid  
> Thigpen","path":"/test\_db1/UbaCrmPerson/  
> W2.68","type":"UbaCrmPerson","version":1},{"title":"David  
> Ruvalcaba","desc":"Contacts person document containing details of  
> David Ruvalcaba","path":"/test\_db1/UbaCrmPerson/  
> W2.70","type":"UbaCrmPerson","version":1},{"title":"Heather  
> Hogan","desc":"Contacts person document containing details of Heather  
> Hogan","path":"/test\_db1/UbaCrmPerson/  
> W2.77","type":"UbaCrmPerson","version":1}],"count":20,"start":  
> 0,"query":"contact.address:B\*","queryId":  
> 1333338919603,"filter":"{"must":{"contact.address":"NSW"}}"}
> 
> But when I changed the setting values of shards=1 and replicas=2  
> indexing fails as shown in the logs below:
> 
> Testcase: com.ubacrm.webapp.database.T008\_4\_SearchServlet\_Test: Caused  
> an ERROR  
> UbaEnv Error: Failed saving to 'system/template/config' - [system][0]  
> [3] shardIt, [1] active : Timeout waiting for [1m], request: index  
> {[system][template][config], source[{"subsections":{"configs":{"ui":  
> {"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"name":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Configs","type":"string"}}},"versions":  
> {"ui":{"caption":"Versions","type":"Versions"},"items":-1,"fields":  
> {}},"system":{"ui":{"type":"GridForm"},"items":1,"fields":  
> {"jaasConfig":{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"JAAS  
> Config","type":"string"},"authRequest":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":true,"caption":"Authenticate  
> Requests","type":"boolean"},"userJAAS":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":false,"caption":"User  
> JAAS","type":"boolean"},"sessionTimeout":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":30,"caption":"Seeion  
> Timeout","type":"integer"}}},"documents":{"ui":  
> {"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"path":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Documents","type":"string"}}},"email":  
> {"ui":{"type":"GridForm"},"items":1,"fields":{"smtpHost":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"SMTP  
> Host","type":"string"},"userId":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"User  
> Name","type":"string"},"password":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Password","type":"string"}}},"roles":  
> {"ui":{"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"name":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"JAAS  
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> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"pub","caption":"JAAS  
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> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"pub","caption":"JAAS  
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> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"JAAS  
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> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"System","type":"string"},"desc":
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> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Description","type":"string"},"name":
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> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Name","type":"string"},"digest":
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> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Digest","type":"string"},"type":
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> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Type","type":"string"},"database":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Database","type":"string"},"size":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":  
> 0,"caption":"Size","type":"integer"}}},"sms":{"ui":  
> {"type":"GridForm"},"items":1,"fields":{"message":
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> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Subject","type":"string"},"type":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Type","type":"string"},"url":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"URL","type":"string"}}},"metadata":  
> {"ui":{"caption":"Metadata","type":"Metadata"},"items":-1,"fields":  
> {}}},"macros":{},"sections":{"settings":{"subsections":  
> ["system","email","sms"],"min":1,"sort":1,"max":  
> 1,"caption":"Settings"},"security":{"subsections":  
> ["portfolios","roles"],"min":1,"sort":2,"max":  
> 1,"caption":"Security"},"depends":{"subsections":  
> ["configs","documents"],"min":1,"sort":3,"max":  
> 1,"caption":"Dependencies"},"info":{"subsections":  
> ["metadata","versions"],"min":1,"sort":4,"max":  
> 1,"caption":"Info"}},"styles":,"lists":{},"metadata":  
> {"id":"config","versions":[{"by":"system","ver":  
> 1,"date":"2012-04-02T03:26:27Z"}],"title":"config  
> template","system":"UbaEnv03","desc":"config
> 
> template","portfolio":"sys","owner":"system","type":"template","database":"system"}}]}  
> com.ubacrm.webapp.exceptions.E510\_UbaEnvError\_Exception: UbaEnv Error:  
> Failed saving to 'system/template/config' - [system][0] [3] shardIt,  
> [1] active : Timeout waiting for [1m], request: index {[system]  
> [template][config], source[{"subsections":{"configs":{"ui":  
> {"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"name":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Configs","type":"string"}}},"versions":  
> {"ui":{"caption":"Versions","type":"Versions"},"items":-1,"fields":  
> {}},"system":{"ui":{"type":"GridForm"},"items":1,"fields":  
> {"jaasConfig":{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"JAAS  
> Config","type":"string"},"authRequest":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":true,"caption":"Authenticate  
> Requests","type":"boolean"},"userJAAS":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":false,"caption":"User  
> JAAS","type":"boolean"},"sessionTimeout":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":30,"caption":"Seeion  
> Timeout","type":"integer"}}},"documents":{"ui":  
> {"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"path":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Documents","type":"string"}}},"email":  
> {"ui":{"type":"GridForm"},"items":1,"fields":{"smtpHost":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"SMTP  
> Host","type":"string"},"userId":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"User  
> Name","type":"string"},"password":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Password","type":"string"}}},"roles":  
> {"ui":{"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"name":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"JAAS  
> Config","type":"string"},"write":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"pub","caption":"JAAS  
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> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"pub","caption":"JAAS  
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> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"JAAS  
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> {"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"system":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"System","type":"string"},"desc":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Description","type":"string"},"name":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Name","type":"string"},"digest":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Digest","type":"string"},"type":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Type","type":"string"},"database":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Database","type":"string"},"size":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":  
> 0,"caption":"Size","type":"integer"}}},"sms":{"ui":  
> {"type":"GridForm"},"items":1,"fields":{"message":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Message","type":"string"},"to":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"To","type":"string"},"subject":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Subject","type":"string"},"type":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Type","type":"string"},"url":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"URL","type":"string"}}},"metadata":  
> {"ui":{"caption":"Metadata","type":"Metadata"},"items":-1,"fields":  
> {}}},"macros":{},"sections":{"settings":{"subsections":  
> ["system","email","sms"],"min":1,"sort":1,"max":  
> 1,"caption":"Settings"},"security":{"subsections":  
> ["portfolios","roles"],"min":1,"sort":2,"max":  
> 1,"caption":"Security"},"depends":{"subsections":  
> ["configs","documents"],"min":1,"sort":3,"max":  
> 1,"caption":"Dependencies"},"info":{"subsections":  
> ["metadata","versions"],"min":1,"sort":4,"max":  
> 1,"caption":"Info"}},"styles":,"lists":{},"metadata":  
> {"id":"config","versions":[{"by":"system","ver":  
> 1,"date":"2012-04-02T03:26:27Z"}],"title":"config  
> template","system":"UbaEnv03","desc":"config
> 
> template","portfolio":"sys","owner":"system","type":"template","database":"system"}}]}  
> at com.ubacrm.webapp.Document.save(Document.java:397)  
> at com.ubacrm.webapp.Template.save(Template.java:172)  
> at com.ubacrm.webapp.UbaEnv.createDatabase(UbaEnv.java:393)  
> at com.ubacrm.webapp.UbaEnv.getSystemDatabase(UbaEnv.java:351)  
> at
> 
> com.ubacrm.webapp.database.T008\_4\_SearchServlet\_Test.setUpClass(T008\_4\_SearchServlet\_Test.java:  
> 47)  
> Caused by: org.elasticsearch.action.UnavailableShardsException:  
> [system][0] [3] shardIt, [1] active : Timeout waiting for [1m],  
> request: index {[system][template][config], source[{"subsections":  
> {"configs":{"ui":{"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"name":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Configs","type":"string"}}},"versions":  
> {"ui":{"caption":"Versions","type":"Versions"},"items":-1,"fields":  
> {}},"system":{"ui":{"type":"GridForm"},"items":1,"fields":  
> {"jaasConfig":{"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"JAAS  
> Config","type":"string"},"authRequest":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":true,"caption":"Authenticate  
> Requests","type":"boolean"},"userJAAS":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":false,"caption":"User  
> JAAS","type":"boolean"},"sessionTimeout":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":30,"caption":"Seeion  
> Timeout","type":"integer"}}},"documents":{"ui":  
> {"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"path":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Documents","type":"string"}}},"email":  
> {"ui":{"type":"GridForm"},"items":1,"fields":{"smtpHost":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"SMTP  
> Host","type":"string"},"userId":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"User  
> Name","type":"string"},"password":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Password","type":"string"}}},"roles":  
> {"ui":{"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"name":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"JAAS  
> Config","type":"string"},"write":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"pub","caption":"JAAS  
> Config","type":"string"},"read":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"pub","caption":"JAAS  
> Config","type":"string"},"digest":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"JAAS  
> Config","type":"string"}}},"portfolios":{"ui":  
> {"type":"GridForm"},"items":0,"fields":{"system":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"System","type":"string"},"desc":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Description","type":"string"},"name":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Name","type":"string"},"digest":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Digest","type":"string"},"type":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Type","type":"string"},"database":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Database","type":"string"},"size":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":  
> 0,"caption":"Size","type":"integer"}}},"sms":{"ui":  
> {"type":"GridForm"},"items":1,"fields":{"message":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Message","type":"string"},"to":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"To","type":"string"},"subject":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Subject","type":"string"},"type":  
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"Type","type":"string"},"url":
> 
> {"macro":null,"index":null,"dv":"","caption":"URL","type":"string"}}},"metadata":  
> {"ui":{"caption":"Metadata","type":"Metadata"},"items":-1,"fields":  
> {}}},"macros":{},"sections":{"settings":{"subsections":  
> ["system","email","sms"],"min":1,"sort":1,"max":  
> 1,"caption":"Settings"},"security":{"subsections":  
> ["portfolios","roles"],"min":1,"sort":2,"max":  
> 1,"caption":"Security"},"depends":{"subsections":  
> ["configs","documents"],"min":1,"sort":3,"max":  
> 1,"caption":"Dependencies"},"info":{"subsections":  
> ["metadata","versions"],"min":1,"sort":4,"max":  
> 1,"caption":"Info"}},"styles":,"lists":{},"metadata":  
> {"id":"config","versions":[{"by":"system","ver":  
> 1,"date":"2012-04-02T03:26:27Z"}],"title":"config  
> template","system":"UbaEnv03","desc":"config
> 
> template","portfolio":"sys","owner":"system","type":"template","database":"system"}}]}  
> at
> 
> org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.TransportShardReplicationOperationAction  
> $AsyncShardOperationAction  
> $3.onTimeout(TransportShardReplicationOperationAction.java:518)  
> at org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.InternalClusterService  
> $NotifyTimeout.run(InternalClusterService.java:356)  
> at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor  
> $Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)  
> at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor  
> $Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)  
> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
> 
> I'm running on ES version 0.19.1. I was hoping that  
> waitForGreenStatus() would resolve this as I've read in other post,  
> but that wasn't the case for me. I'm I missing any settings/  
> configuration?
> 
> Regards,  
> Ariel

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