# Lost Shards

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lost-shards/68224>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 6, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lost-shards/68224 "2016-12-06T21:16:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![edber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@edber](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/edber)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lost-shards/68224/1 "2016-12-06T21:16:32Z")

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We running a Graylog server with Elasticsearch.  
Made the mistake of rebooting with out shutting down and now I have lost shards.

I can't seem to find a solution to fix this, while data collection continues, I cannot search anything.

Suggestions?

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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:** [December 7, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lost-shards/68224/2 "2016-12-07T00:34:14Z")

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Depends, what do the ES logs show?

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**Author:** ![edber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@edber](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/edber)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lost-shards/68224/3 "2016-12-07T14:07:09Z")

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There are no logs unfortunately, checked /var/graylog/elasticsearch Nothing there.

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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:** [January 4, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lost-shards/68224/4 "2017-01-04T14:07:44Z")

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