# How to enable cluster with 3 master node and lost 2 nodes to work again **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 25, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-cluster-with-3-master-node-and-lost-2-nodes-to-work-again/305611 "2022-05-25T12:39:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![moashour94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@moashour94](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/moashour94)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-cluster-with-3-master-node-and-lost-2-nodes-to-work-again/305611/1 "2022-05-25T12:39:05Z")
I was having 3 nodes all are master eligible and I lost 2 node from them, I google to find a solution, but nothing is clear to me. **Note: The current node has a data folder which I can't delete it.** ---
**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:** [May 26, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-cluster-with-3-master-node-and-lost-2-nodes-to-work-again/305611/2 "2022-05-26T00:12:13Z")
Welcome to our community! 😃 What version of Elasticsearch are you running? ---
**Author:** ![moashour94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@moashour94](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/moashour94)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-cluster-with-3-master-node-and-lost-2-nodes-to-work-again/305611/3 "2022-05-28T12:16:36Z")
Thanks 😃 , I am using version 7.12 ---
**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-cluster-with-3-master-node-and-lost-2-nodes-to-work-again/305611/4 "2022-05-28T12:46:16Z")
Where the 3 nodes also data nodes? What do you mean with _lost_? Can't you bring at least one of the nodes back? Without bringing a node back I'm not sure that it is possible to recover your cluster, as it is explained in this [answer](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-not-discovered-removed-nodes-have-been-totally-destroyed/206143/7) to a similar question. Maybe you can use the [elasticsearch-node](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.0/node-tool.html#_recovering_data_after_a_disaster) tool to try to recover your data, but be advised that this is not safe and can lead to data loss. I've never used this tool, so I can not provide more information about it, but the documentation explain what it will try to do and how to use it. ---
**Author:** ![moashour94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@moashour94](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/moashour94)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-cluster-with-3-master-node-and-lost-2-nodes-to-work-again/305611/5 "2022-05-29T19:49:39Z")
Thanks Lendro, you saved my life. I used Elasticsearch-node unsafe-bootstrap and it start the node again 😃 . ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-cluster-with-3-master-node-and-lost-2-nodes-to-work-again/305611/6 "2022-06-26T19:50:15Z")
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