# Forcing an index to rolleout to warm phase

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forcing-an-index-to-rolleout-to-warm-phase/279258>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [July 21, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forcing-an-index-to-rolleout-to-warm-phase/279258 "2021-07-21T12:09:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![zozo6015](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zozo6015/32/12117_2.png) [@zozo6015](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zozo6015)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forcing-an-index-to-rolleout-to-warm-phase/279258/1 "2021-07-21T12:09:16Z")

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Hello, I have an index which is 4.2GB large and at the moment I have upgraded the filebeat a new index was created. Now the ILM rolleout settings is for 10G therefore this index will never meet the threshold required for the rolleout. Is there any way I can manually roll it out?

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forcing-an-index-to-rolleout-to-warm-phase/279258/2 "2021-07-21T14:01:50Z")

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This might help: [Move to lifecycle step API | Elasticsearch Guide [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.13/ilm-move-to-step.html)

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**Author:** ![zozo6015](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zozo6015/32/12117_2.png) [@zozo6015](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zozo6015)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forcing-an-index-to-rolleout-to-warm-phase/279258/3 "2021-07-21T14:06:13Z")

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I have tried it and it fails. Don't know exactly why.

```auto
POST _ilm/move/filebeat-7.13.2-2021.06.30-000001
{
  "current_step": {
    "phase" : "hot",
    "action": "rollover"
    , "name": "filebeat"
  },
  "next_step": { 
    "phase": "warm",
    "action": "forcemerge",
    "name": "filebeat"
  }
}

```

```auto
{
  "error" : {
    "root_cause" : [
      {
        "type" : "illegal_argument_exception",
        "reason" : "index [filebeat-7.13.2-2021.06.30-000001] is not on current step [{\"phase\":\"hot\",\"action\":\"rollover\",\"name\":\"filebeat\"}], currently: [{\"phase\":\"hot\",\"action\":\"rollover\",\"name\":\"check-rollover-ready\"}]"
      }
    ],
    "type" : "illegal_argument_exception",
    "reason" : "index [filebeat-7.13.2-2021.06.30-000001] is not on current step [{\"phase\":\"hot\",\"action\":\"rollover\",\"name\":\"filebeat\"}], currently: [{\"phase\":\"hot\",\"action\":\"rollover\",\"name\":\"check-rollover-ready\"}]"
  },
  "status" : 400
}

```

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forcing-an-index-to-rolleout-to-warm-phase/279258/4 "2021-07-21T14:21:20Z")

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check the current step via the ilm status API.

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**Author:** ![zozo6015](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zozo6015/32/12117_2.png) [@zozo6015](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zozo6015)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forcing-an-index-to-rolleout-to-warm-phase/279258/5 "2021-07-21T14:23:21Z")

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I am feeling that the name is what is causing the issue and I have no names in the ilm/explain output as the documentation suggests.

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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:** [August 18, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/forcing-an-index-to-rolleout-to-warm-phase/279258/6 "2021-08-18T14:23:25Z")

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