# ILM not applying to metricbeats index **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\ **Created:** [June 2, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-not-applying-to-metricbeats-index/274765 "2021-06-02T14:26:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![webfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/webfr/32/87580_2.png) [@webfr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/webfr)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-not-applying-to-metricbeats-index/274765/1 "2021-06-02T14:26:32Z")
Hello, I'm almost running out of space due to metricbeats index becoming very big, ILM is already applied but doesn't take my settings in account but index never decreases, thanks for your help. ![Capture_kibana](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/a/aa01c61d3be56fc6b0c89ea4e285553bc133ef01.png) # ILM ``` PUT _ilm/policy/metricbeat ``` { "policy": { "phases": { "hot": { "min\_age": "0ms", "actions": { "rollover": { "max\_size": "500mb", "max\_age": "7d" }, "set\_priority": { "priority": 100 } } }, "delete": { "min\_age": "14d", "actions": { "delete": { "delete\_searchable\_snapshot": true } } } } } } # metricbeat-7.11.2-2021.04.30-000001 stats: ``` { ``` "\_shards": { "total": 2, "successful": 2, "failed": 0 }, "stats": { "uuid": "MFaP3G\_DRDyFgWDXGCkjAg", "primaries": { "docs": { "count": 7402606, "deleted": 0 }, "store": { "size\_in\_bytes": 2450217442, "reserved\_in\_bytes": 0 }, "indexing": { "index\_total": 0, "index\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "index\_current": 0, "index\_failed": 0, "delete\_total": 0, "delete\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "delete\_current": 0, "noop\_update\_total": 0, "is\_throttled": false, "throttle\_time\_in\_millis": 0 }, "get": { "total": 0, "time\_in\_millis": 0, "exists\_total": 0, "exists\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "missing\_total": 0, "missing\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "current": 0 }, "search": { "open\_contexts": 0, "query\_total": 256, "query\_time\_in\_millis": 114, "query\_current": 0, "fetch\_total": 0, "fetch\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "fetch\_current": 0, "scroll\_total": 0, "scroll\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "scroll\_current": 0, "suggest\_total": 0, "suggest\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "suggest\_current": 0 }, "merges": { "current": 0, "current\_docs": 0, "current\_size\_in\_bytes": 0, "total": 0, "total\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "total\_docs": 0, "total\_size\_in\_bytes": 0, "total\_stopped\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "total\_throttled\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "total\_auto\_throttle\_in\_bytes": 20971520 }, "refresh": { "total": 10, "total\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "external\_total": 2, "external\_total\_time\_in\_millis": 1, "listeners": 0 }, "flush": { "total": 1, "periodic": 0, "total\_time\_in\_millis": 0 }, "warmer": { "current": 0, "total": 1, "total\_time\_in\_millis": 1 }, "query\_cache": { "memory\_size\_in\_bytes": 0, "total\_count": 337, "hit\_count": 0, "miss\_count": 337, "cache\_size": 0, "cache\_count": 0, "evictions": 0 }, "fielddata": { "memory\_size\_in\_bytes": 0, "evictions": 0 }, "completion": { "size\_in\_bytes": 0 }, "segments": { "count": 28, "memory\_in\_bytes": 799448, "terms\_memory\_in\_bytes": 305088, "stored\_fields\_memory\_in\_bytes": 15744, "term\_vectors\_memory\_in\_bytes": 0, "norms\_memory\_in\_bytes": 0, "points\_memory\_in\_bytes": 0, "doc\_values\_memory\_in\_bytes": 478616, "index\_writer\_memory\_in\_bytes": 0, "version\_map\_memory\_in\_bytes": 0, "fixed\_bit\_set\_memory\_in\_bytes": 926560, "max\_unsafe\_auto\_id\_timestamp": 1622236394778, "file\_sizes": {} }, "translog": { "operations": 0, "size\_in\_bytes": 55, "uncommitted\_operations": 0, "uncommitted\_size\_in\_bytes": 55, "earliest\_last\_modified\_age": 152701240 }, "request\_cache": { "memory\_size\_in\_bytes": 55126, "evictions": 0, "hit\_count": 202, "miss\_count": 41 }, "recovery": { "current\_as\_source": 0, "current\_as\_target": 0, "throttle\_time\_in\_millis": 0 } }, "total": { "docs": { "count": 14805212, "deleted": 0 }, "store": { "size\_in\_bytes": 4904368707, "reserved\_in\_bytes": 0 }, "indexing": { "index\_total": 0, "index\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "index\_current": 0, "index\_failed": 0, "delete\_total": 0, "delete\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "delete\_current": 0, "noop\_update\_total": 0, "is\_throttled": false, "throttle\_time\_in\_millis": 0 }, "get": { "total": 0, "time\_in\_millis": 0, "exists\_total": 0, "exists\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "missing\_total": 0, "missing\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "current": 0 }, "search": { "open\_contexts": 0, "query\_total": 256, "query\_time\_in\_millis": 114, "query\_current": 0, "fetch\_total": 0, "fetch\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "fetch\_current": 0, "scroll\_total": 0, "scroll\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "scroll\_current": 0, "suggest\_total": 0, "suggest\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "suggest\_current": 0 }, "merges": { "current": 0, "current\_docs": 0, "current\_size\_in\_bytes": 0, "total": 0, "total\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "total\_docs": 0, "total\_size\_in\_bytes": 0, "total\_stopped\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "total\_throttled\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "total\_auto\_throttle\_in\_bytes": 41943040 }, "refresh": { "total": 13, "total\_time\_in\_millis": 0, "external\_total": 4, "external\_total\_time\_in\_millis": 2, "listeners": 0 }, "flush": { "total": 2, "periodic": 0, "total\_time\_in\_millis": 0 }, "warmer": { "current": 0, "total": 2, "total\_time\_in\_millis": 2 }, "query\_cache": { "memory\_size\_in\_bytes": 0, "total\_count": 337, "hit\_count": 0, "miss\_count": 337, "cache\_size": 0, "cache\_count": 0, "evictions": 0 }, "fielddata": { "memory\_size\_in\_bytes": 0, "evictions": 0 }, "completion": { "size\_in\_bytes": 0 }, "segments": { "count": 59, "memory\_in\_bytes": 1662716, "terms\_memory\_in\_bytes": 645984, "stored\_fields\_memory\_in\_bytes": 33064, "term\_vectors\_memory\_in\_bytes": 0, "norms\_memory\_in\_bytes": 0, "points\_memory\_in\_bytes": 0, "doc\_values\_memory\_in\_bytes": 983668, "index\_writer\_memory\_in\_bytes": 0, "version\_map\_memory\_in\_bytes": 0, "fixed\_bit\_set\_memory\_in\_bytes": 926560, "max\_unsafe\_auto\_id\_timestamp": 1622236394778, "file\_sizes": {} }, "translog": { "operations": 0, "size\_in\_bytes": 110, "uncommitted\_operations": 0, "uncommitted\_size\_in\_bytes": 110, "earliest\_last\_modified\_age": 26248925 }, "request\_cache": { "memory\_size\_in\_bytes": 55126, "evictions": 0, "hit\_count": 202, "miss\_count": 41 }, "recovery": { "current\_as\_source": 0, "current\_as\_target": 0, "throttle\_time\_in\_millis": 0 } } } } settings: { "index.blocks.read\_only\_allow\_delete": "false", "index.write.wait\_for\_active\_shards": "1", "index.mapping.total\_fields.limit": "10000", "index.refresh\_interval": "5s", "index.query.default\_field": [ ... ], "index.priority": "100", "index.number\_of\_replicas": "1", "index.lifecycle.name": "metricbeat", "index.lifecycle.rollover\_alias": "metricbeat-7.11.2", "index.lifecycle.indexing\_complete": "true", "index.routing.allocation.include.\_tier\_preference": "data\_content", "index.max\_docvalue\_fields\_search": "200" } metricbeat-7.11.2-2021.05.30-000002 exists and not so big. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![webfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/webfr/32/87580_2.png) [@webfr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/webfr)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-not-applying-to-metricbeats-index/274765/2 "2021-06-05T13:54:58Z")
Hi, looks like rollover settings didn't apply for some reason on 1st rolled index but from 2nd so I finally used this query to purge: DELETE metricbeat-7.11.2-2021.04.30-000001 ---
**Author:** ![tsullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tsullivan/32/31077_2.png) [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-not-applying-to-metricbeats-index/274765/3 "2021-06-08T21:13:39Z")
Hi, take another look at the documentation of the Rollover action: [Rollover | Elasticsearch Guide [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/ilm-rollover.html) Under `max_size` is the info: "Replicas are not counted toward the maximum index size." Your index has 1 primary and 1 replica shard. The size of the the primary shards is 278.1mb, which is the size that is counted by the ILM policy. Your policy acts for a max size of 500mb. ---
**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, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-not-applying-to-metricbeats-index/274765/4 "2021-07-06T21:13:57Z")
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