# How to force unallocated shards to get allocated? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 8, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-force-unallocated-shards-to-get-allocated/21148 "2014-12-08T15:58:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chris\_Neal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chris_neal/32/3527_2.png) [@Chris\_Neal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Chris_Neal)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-force-unallocated-shards-to-get-allocated/21148/1 "2014-12-08T15:58:53Z")
Hi 🙂 I have a 3 node cluster that hit a disk watermark. I fixed the disk space issue, but now I have about 30 shards (both primaries and replicas) that are unassigned, and just sitting there. How can I get ES to "wake up" and allocate them? Thank you! Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAND3DpiiGis5T3zeN-SDhwH52\_M4HDiLNVoUmoGWYfL2v5WUAg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAND3DpiiGis5T3zeN-SDhwH52_M4HDiLNVoUmoGWYfL2v5WUAg%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-force-unallocated-shards-to-get-allocated/21148/2 "2017-07-06T00:44:58Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 12:44am UTC