# Index Lifecycle Management "does not point to index" error **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\ **Created:** [December 11, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-management-does-not-point-to-index-error/211513 "2019-12-11T19:01:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![ark516](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@ark516](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ark516)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-management-does-not-point-to-index-error/211513/5 "2019-12-18T19:37:07Z")
Thank you @abdon for detailed explanation. But i have seen a feature to skip rollover and just manage index retention with lifecycles. Here is the link > **[Skip rollover | Elasticsearch Guide \[8.11\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/skipping-rollover.html)** i have been trying to use skip rollover action but ILM tries to roll over even after this setting is configured. i have a post on this > [@Skipping rollover option](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/skipping-rollover-option/209750): > > I have enabled skipping rollover option while using index lifyce cycle policy . But ILM still tries to perform rollover. [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/skipping-rollover.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/skipping-rollover.html) below is the error we see illegal\_argument\_exception: setting [index.lifecycle.rollover\_alias] for index [oracle-alert-fields-2019.47] is empty or not defined we are doing index rollover every day at logstash. we are trying to use lifecycle policy to delete indices whey they are x number… can you please help on this? --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-management-does-not-point-to-index-error/211513)._