# INITIALIZING shard with REALLOCATED\_REPLICA reason

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/initializing-shard-with-reallocated-replica-reason/261590>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 19, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/initializing-shard-with-reallocated-replica-reason/261590 "2021-01-19T20:15:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![cmusser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@cmusser](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cmusser)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/initializing-shard-with-reallocated-replica-reason/261590/1 "2021-01-19T20:15:17Z")

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Hi,

Our 5 node cluster (this is ES 7.10.1 on Ubuntu 18.04) went yellow last night and when we investigated it this morning, there is shard in the INITIALIZING state, with a "reason" of REALLOCATED\_REPLICA. The shard seems to be a replica itself (there is a primary shard with the same number in that index). How do you get back to green? It seems like the shard could be deleted and a new replica created in its place, but I am not sure how to do that.

Thanks,  
Chuck

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/initializing-shard-with-reallocated-replica-reason/261590/2 "2021-01-19T23:03:33Z")

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You should be able to get a bit more insight with [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cluster-allocation-explain.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cluster-allocation-explain.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/initializing-shard-with-reallocated-replica-reason/261590/3 "2021-02-16T23:03:37Z")

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