# Metricbeat - INDEX LIFECYCLE ERROR

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-index-lifecycle-error/328149>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 21, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-index-lifecycle-error/328149 "2023-03-21T09:29:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Swathi12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Swathi12](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Swathi12)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-index-lifecycle-error/328149/1 "2023-03-21T09:29:15Z")

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Hi

i have an indices which the ILM get an error.  
Could you please help me here ?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/9/d92b5ead01a6b8ba3805fb20fd7534bffa1f52dd.png)

```auto
"lifecycle": {
          "name": "metricbeat",
          "rollover_alias": "metricbeat"
        },

```

If more information is needed please tell me

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-index-lifecycle-error/328149/3 "2023-04-15T05:07:41Z")

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Can you check to see if the alias `metrictbeat` is pointing to the correct location by using `_cat/aliases` in the Dev Tools Console?

> **[cat aliases API | Elasticsearch Guide \[8.7\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cat-alias.html)**

If that is not set correctly, this is the documentation for the aliases API call.

> **[Aliases | Elasticsearch Guide \[8.7\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/aliases.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:** [May 13, 2023, 5:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-index-lifecycle-error/328149/4 "2023-05-13T05:08:24Z")

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