# I have zero number of replicas still the shards are unassgined **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 14, 2016, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-zero-number-of-replicas-still-the-shards-are-unassgined/47378 "2016-04-14T12:10:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![siddharth\_gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@siddharth\_gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/siddharth_gupta)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-zero-number-of-replicas-still-the-shards-are-unassgined/47378/1 "2016-04-14T12:10:21Z")
Here is the info about my cluster: master node master + data node 1 data node 2 data node 3 data node 4 data node 5 Number of shards : 1 Number of replicas : 0 total number of primary shards : 49 Still i see some shards getting unassgined. Can anybody please help me with this issue ? Why is this happening ? Thanks & Regards, Siddharth ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-zero-number-of-replicas-still-the-shards-are-unassgined/47378/2 "2016-04-14T13:00:26Z")
Hey, you need to provide more information, like the output the cat shards API and potentially occuring exceptions in your logfiles (check the master node especially). --Alex ---
**Author:** ![siddharth\_gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@siddharth\_gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/siddharth_gupta)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-zero-number-of-replicas-still-the-shards-are-unassgined/47378/3 "2016-04-18T06:05:31Z")
hey! My log files look like mentioned below : [2016-04-18 09:41:38,017][INFO][cluster.service] [master] added {[data2][-OcqBdHrT4G1uXRyegqUeQ][gaugedata-elastic][inet[/10.1.1.13:9302]]{master=false},}, reason: zen-disco-receive(join from node[[data2][-OcqBdHrT4G1uXRyegqUeQ][gaugedata-elastic][inet[/10.1.1.13:9302]]{master=false}]) [2016-04-18 09:41:38,023][INFO][cluster.service] [master+data1] added {[data2][-OcqBdHrT4G1uXRyegqUeQ][gaugedata-elastic][inet[/10.1.1.13:9302]]{master=false},}, reason: zen-disco-receive(from master [[master][UJ98LPmGRkGDCItGoGTK5w][gaugedata-elastic][inet[/10.1.1.13:9300]]{data=false, master=true}]) And the \_cat url gives the following output : ` pre.cjk { font-family: "Droid Sans Fallback",monospace; }p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; }a:link { } index\_6 4 p UNASSIGNED index\_6 0 p STARTED 15064 1mb 127.0.1.1 data5 index\_6 3 p UNASSIGNED index\_6 1 p UNASSIGNED index\_6 2 p UNASSIGNED index\_5 2 p UNASSIGNED index\_5 0 p STARTED 262 7.1mb 127.0.1.1 data4 index\_5 3 p STARTED 293 9.1mb 127.0.1.1 data3 index\_5 1 p STARTED 262 6.3mb 127.0.1.1 master+data1 index\_5 4 p STARTED 279 8.9mb 127.0.1.1 data2 index\_6 2 p STARTED 1251 79.5kb 127.0.1.1 data2 index\_6 0 p STARTED 1245 83.4kb 127.0.1.1 data4 index\_6 3 p UNASSIGNED index\_6 1 p STARTED 1253 83.1kb 127.0.1.1 data5 index\_6 4 p STARTED 1250 82.8kb 127.0.1.1 master+data1 index\_1 2 p STARTED 257399 784.4mb 127.0.1.1 data3 index\_1 0 p STARTED 256612 790.2mb 127.0.1.1 master+data1 index\_1 3 p STARTED 257450 788.7mb 127.0.1.1 data5 index\_1 1 p UNASSIGNED index\_1 4 p STARTED 257079 788.7mb 127.0.1.1 data4 index\_4 4 p STARTED 4806 55.8mb 127.0.1.1 data3 index\_4 0 p STARTED 4776 59mb 127.0.1.1 data2 index\_4 3 p UNASSIGNED index\_4 1 p STARTED 4802 50.9mb 127.0.1.1 data4 index\_4 2 p STARTED 4825 59.1mb 127.0.1.1 data5 index\_2 2 p STARTED 63551 1.5gb 127.0.1.1 data3 index\_2 0 p STARTED 57227 1.3gb 127.0.1.1 data5 index\_2 3 p UNASSIGNED index\_2 1 p STARTED 63062 1.5gb 127.0.1.1 master+data1 index\_2 4 p STARTED 57940 1.3gb 127.0.1.1 data2 index\_10 0 p UNASSIGNED index\_3 2 p STARTED 14678 1007.9kb 127.0.1.1 data3 index\_3 0 p STARTED 14679 1016.8kb 127.0.1.1 data5 index\_3 3 p STARTED 14675 1mb 127.0.1.1 data4 index\_3 1 p STARTED 14677 1mb 127.0.1.1 data2 index\_3 4 p STARTED 14680 1mb 127.0.1.1 master+data1 index\_7 4 p STARTED 735270 15.4gb 127.0.1.1 data2 index\_7 0 p STARTED 735196 15.4gb 127.0.1.1 data4 index\_7 3 p STARTED 735526 15.5gb 127.0.1.1 data3 index\_7 1 p UNASSIGNED index\_7 2 p STARTED 0 144b 127.0.1.1 master+data1 index\_8 2 p STARTED 1 5.2kb 127.0.1.1 master+data1 index\_8 0 p STARTED 1 5.2kb 127.0.1.1 data3 index\_8 3 p STARTED 2 10.7kb 127.0.1.1 data2 index\_8 1 p STARTED 0 79b 127.0.1.1 data5 index\_8 4 p STARTED 1 5.3kb 127.0.1.1 data4 index\_9 4 p STARTED 5 19.3kb 127.0.1.1 data2 index\_9 0 p STARTED 5 19kb 127.0.1.1 data5 index\_9 3 p STARTED 5 18.7kb 127.0.1.1 master+data1 index\_9 1 p STARTED 4 15.1kb 127.0.1.1 data3 index\_9 2 p STARTED 5 18.9kb 127.0.1.1 data4 Can you please help ? ` ---
**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, 10:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-zero-number-of-replicas-still-the-shards-are-unassgined/47378/4 "2017-07-05T22:58:38Z")