# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**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. --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-cluster-with-3-master-node-and-lost-2-nodes-to-work-again/305611)._