# Latest change to Elasticsearch configuration failed

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/latest-change-to-elasticsearch-configuration-failed/218374>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [February 7, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/latest-change-to-elasticsearch-configuration-failed/218374 "2020-02-07T15:43:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Edward\_Genochio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/edward_genochio/32/49885_2.png) [@Edward\_Genochio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Edward_Genochio)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/latest-change-to-elasticsearch-configuration-failed/218374/1 "2020-02-07T15:43:03Z")

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We tried to run the following upgrade:

Change size from ~~15 GB~~ to 29 GB RAM

The result was:

> Finished 2 hours ago and took an hour, but ultimately failed

Here's a partial view of the log

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/a/2a7b08c04cf16b2db43ccbafb747ac677e976835.png)

We now seem to have both our old and new instances running, and we're not sure what will happen to new data which we add to the system — whether it will be added to the new instances, or the old instances, or both, or neither.

What can we do to clean this up without risking data loss?

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**Author:** ![ropc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ropc/32/47022_2.png) [@ropc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ropc)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/latest-change-to-elasticsearch-configuration-failed/218374/2 "2020-02-08T02:04:19Z")

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Hi @Edward_Genochio, Welcome to our community forums!

Is this issue related to one of your deployment in Elasticsearch Service? If yes, could you [open a support case](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud/current/ec-get-help.html#ec_how_do_i_open_a_support_case) with our team?

Thank you.

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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:** [March 7, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/latest-change-to-elasticsearch-configuration-failed/218374/3 "2020-03-07T02:04:19Z")

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