# Is it possible to recover the indexes with only /var/lib files
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-recover-the-indexes-with-only-var-lib-files/141225
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [July 23, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-recover-the-indexes-with-only-var-lib-files/141225 "2018-07-23T17:12:09Z")
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### Author:  [@rdhar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rdhar)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-recover-the-indexes-with-only-var-lib-files/141225/1 "2018-07-23T17:12:09Z")
Hi team,
I have couple of indices for whom i missed taking the snapshot and now i want to recover them. All i know i have are /var/lib/elasticsearch/nodes/0/indices/ files.
But while recovering , i get below error -
Caused by: org.elasticsearch.index.translog.TranslogCorruptedException: Translog at [/var/lib/elasticsearch/nodes/0/indices/0wFVEr1uSLKV2B1NQndzVw/0/translog] is corrupted
at org.elasticsearch.index.translog.Translog.readGlobalCheckpoint(Translog.java:1684) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.4.jar:6.2.4]
at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard.innerOpenEngineAndTranslog(IndexShard.java:1374) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.4.jar:6.2.4]
at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard.openIndexAndRecoveryFromTranslog(IndexShard.java:1331) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.4.jar:6.2.4]
at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.StoreRecovery.internalRecoverFromStore(StoreRecovery.java:404) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.4.jar:6.2.4]
at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.StoreRecovery.lambda$recoverFromStore$0(StoreRecovery.java:94) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.4.jar:6.2.4]
at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.StoreRecovery.executeRecovery(StoreRecovery.java:300) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.4.jar:6.2.4]
at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.StoreRecovery.recoverFromStore(StoreRecovery.java:92) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.4.jar:6.2.4]
at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard.recoverFromStore(IndexShard.java:1607) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.4.jar:6.2.4]
at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard.lambda$startRecovery$6(IndexShard.java:2039) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.4.jar:6.2.4]
... 4 more
Caused by: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /var/lib/elasticsearch/nodes/0/indices/0wFVEr1uSLKV2B1NQndzVw/0/translog/translog-14.tlog
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:86) ~[?:?]
Can you please help let me know if it is possible to recover the indexes with only above /var/lib files?
Please let me know if any other details required from my side.
Appreciate your help.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-recover-the-indexes-with-only-var-lib-files/141225/2 "2018-08-20T17:12:09Z")
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