# How can I halt the process of movement of indices from hot nodes to warm nodes in elastic?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-halt-the-process-of-movement-of-indices-from-hot-nodes-to-warm-nodes-in-elastic/259717>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 28, 2020, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-halt-the-process-of-movement-of-indices-from-hot-nodes-to-warm-nodes-in-elastic/259717 "2020-12-28T09:37:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![prajwalgmpp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prajwalgmpp/32/47707_2.png) [@prajwalgmpp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prajwalgmpp)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-halt-the-process-of-movement-of-indices-from-hot-nodes-to-warm-nodes-in-elastic/259717/1 "2020-12-28T09:37:46Z")

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I have initiated the process of movement of week 49 indices from our designated hot nodes to warm nodes using the API:

> PUT \*2020.49/\_settings  
> {  
> "index.routing.allocation.require.data": "warm"  
> }

Now how can I halt this process? For example, if I have mistakenly selected week 49 instead of 48, what are my options?

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**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:** [December 29, 2020, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-halt-the-process-of-movement-of-indices-from-hot-nodes-to-warm-nodes-in-elastic/259717/2 "2020-12-29T05:56:31Z")

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You can currently only cancel a subset of tasks that Elasticsearch runs, I don't believe this is one you can cancel. You will need to wait until it's complete and then move it back.

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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:** [January 26, 2021, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-halt-the-process-of-movement-of-indices-from-hot-nodes-to-warm-nodes-in-elastic/259717/3 "2021-01-26T05:56:54Z")

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