# Getting warnings about shards **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 11, 2015, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-warnings-about-shards/29107 "2015-09-11T08:51:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![it2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f14d63/32.png) [@it2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/it2)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-warnings-about-shards/29107/1 "2015-09-11T08:51:45Z")
Hi there. Can you help me to understand what these messages mean? i have some problem with shards ``` [2015-09-11 03:11:11,746][WARN][cluster.action.shard] [master] [logstash-2015.09.11][0] received shard failed for [logstash-2015.09.11][0], node[jyrLu7mNQBKSVnVhAxnBFQ], [R], s[STARTED], indexUUID [sawdW9STTfS0WxLdrUnbpA], reason [shard failure [engine failure, reason [indices:data/write/bulk[s] failed on replica]][MapperParsingException[failed to parse [provider_tx_id]]; nested: NumberFormatException[For input string: "AF35AA091D5653A36BF9ADF90841DCED"]; ]] [2015-09-11 03:11:11,748][WARN][cluster.action.shard] [master] [logstash-2015.09.11][0] received shard failed for [logstash-2015.09.11][0], node[jyrLu7mNQBKSVnVhAxnBFQ], [R], s[STARTED], indexUUID [sawdW9STTfS0WxLdrUnbpA], reason [Failed to perform [indices:data/write/bulk[s]] on replica, message [RemoteTransportException[[data4][inet[/192.168.198.214:9300]][indices:data/write/bulk[s][r]]]; nested: MapperParsingException[failed to parse [provider_tx_id]]; nested: NumberFormatException[For input string: "AF35AA091D5653A36BF9ADF90841DCED"]; ]] [2015-09-11 03:11:11,762][WARN][cluster.action.shard] [master] [logstash-2015.09.11][2] received shard failed for [logstash-2015.09.11][2], node[mHZaE0aCSQ2lOLzV0AEn-w], [R], s[INITIALIZING], unassigned_info[[reason=ALLOCATION_FAILED], at[2015-09-11T00:11:10.710Z], details[shard failure [engine failure, reason [indices:data/write/bulk[s] failed on replica]][MapperParsingException[failed to parse [provider_tx_id]]; nested: NumberFormatException[For input string: "5B97B501684150F63CCA4ADCE15427D3"]; ]]], indexUUID [sawdW9STTfS0WxLdrUnbpA], reason [Failed to perform [indices:data/write/bulk[s]] on replica, message [RemoteTransportException[[data5][inet[/192.168.198.215:9300]][indices:data/write/bulk[s][r]]]; nested: MapperParsingException[failed to parse [provider_tx_id]]; nested: NumberFormatException[For input string: "AF35AA091D5653A36BF9ADF90841DCED"]; ]] [2015-09-11 03:11:11,771][WARN][cluster.action.shard] [master] [logstash-2015.09.11][2] received shard failed for [logstash-2015.09.11][2], node[mHZaE0aCSQ2lOLzV0AEn-w], [R], s[INITIALIZING], unassigned_info[[reason=ALLOCATION_FAILED], at[2015-09-11T00:11:10.710Z], details[shard failure [engine failure, reason [indices:data/write/bulk[s] failed on replica]][MapperParsingException[failed to parse [provider_tx_id]]; nested: NumberFormatException[For input string: "5B97B501684150F63CCA4ADCE15427D3"]; ]]], indexUUID [sawdW9STTfS0WxLdrUnbpA], reason [shard failure [failed recovery][RecoveryFailedException[[logstash-2015.09.11][2]: Recovery failed from [data6][NC2z-jpoSh6uGbllA4fGcQ][logstash-node6][inet[/192.168.198.216:9300]]{master=false} into [data5][mHZaE0aCSQ2lOLzV0AEn-w][logstash-node5][inet[/192.168.198.215:9300]]{master=false}]; nested: RemoteTransportException[[data6][inet[/192.168.198.216:9300]][internal:index/shard/recovery/start_recovery]]; nested: RecoveryEngineException[[logstash-2015.09.11][2] Phase[2] Execution failed]; nested: RemoteTransportException[[data5][inet[/192.168.198.215:9300]][internal:index/shard/recovery/translog_ops]]; nested: MapperParsingException[failed to parse [provider_tx_id]]; nested: NumberFormatException[For input string: "5B97B501684150F63CCA4ADCE15427D3"]; ]] ``` and screenshot ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/e/eb06130e62615eedee88ce9dd2a15f7797221e50.png) ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 9:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-warnings-about-shards/29107/2 "2015-09-11T09:14:28Z")
> [@it2](#): > > NumberFormatException[For input string: "AF35AA091D5653A36BF9ADF90841DCED"]; ]] You're trying to put data into that field that is not a number. ---
**Author:** ![it2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f14d63/32.png) [@it2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/it2)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-warnings-about-shards/29107/3 "2015-09-11T09:16:22Z")
Can I trace somehow what is that data? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-warnings-about-shards/29107/4 "2017-07-05T23:50:50Z")