# Force replica initialization of specific indices

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/force-replica-initialization-of-specific-indices/187146>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 24, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/force-replica-initialization-of-specific-indices/187146 "2019-06-24T13:49:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidbugeja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@davidbugeja](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/davidbugeja)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/force-replica-initialization-of-specific-indices/187146/1 "2019-06-24T13:49:31Z")

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Current running version: 5.6

We have a cluster with over a thousand indices which takes considerable time to initialize all replica shards after a crash. Is there the possibility of sending a command to Elastic to force it to initialize the replicas of specific indices?

From what I gather, the operation is done with no order on index names.

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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 22, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/force-replica-initialization-of-specific-indices/187146/2 "2019-07-22T13:49:38Z")

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Closed on July 22, 2019, 1:49pm UTC

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