# Move index to data warm manually **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 7, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/move-index-to-data-warm-manually/337885 "2023-07-07T12:06:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UP\_NEWS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/up_news/32/121369_2.png) [@UP\_NEWS](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/UP_NEWS)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/move-index-to-data-warm-manually/337885/1 "2023-07-07T12:06:49Z")
Hi, i can move a index from data hot to datawarm manullay with command rsync in linux from /var/lib/elasticsearch/nodes/uid(index) if the api ilm/\_move cant' work ? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/move-index-to-data-warm-manually/337885/2 "2023-07-07T12:19:28Z")
No. Never ever do anything directly with files in thr Elasticsearch data pat, always use APIs. ---
**Author:** ![UP\_NEWS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/up_news/32/121369_2.png) [@UP\_NEWS](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/UP_NEWS)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 12:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/move-index-to-data-warm-manually/337885/3 "2023-07-07T12:25:33Z")
Hi, i try the api and this is the result ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/f/4f44d7edc48c32784ee4f12ccbf83a7c47600515.png) Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/move-index-to-data-warm-manually/337885/4 "2023-07-07T12:29:35Z")
Are you trying to move the index that is currently being indexed into? ---
**Author:** ![UP\_NEWS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/up_news/32/121369_2.png) [@UP\_NEWS](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/UP_NEWS)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/move-index-to-data-warm-manually/337885/5 "2023-07-07T13:01:41Z")
Hi, no the index is stop writing i have another index created by the api \_rollover the size of index is 1.2tb Thanks ---
**Author:** ![UP\_NEWS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/up_news/32/121369_2.png) [@UP\_NEWS](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/UP_NEWS)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/move-index-to-data-warm-manually/337885/6 "2023-07-07T13:04:02Z")
Hi, I searched in the `/var/lib/elasticsearch/nodes` directory with the UUID of the index, but I couldn't find it there. However, when I searched in the `datawarm` directory, I found the index. To summarize, the index you were looking for is located in the `datawarm` directory, and its current phase is "hot." ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/a/9a0dca715ca0832355847ca44dc40c9a80425b78.png) ---
**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/move-index-to-data-warm-manually/337885/7 "2023-07-07T14:50:55Z")
> [@UP\_NEWS](#): > > I searched in the `/var/lib/elasticsearch/nodes` directory with the UUID of the index, but I couldn't find it there. However, when I searched in the `datawarm` directory, I found the index. Elasticsearch does not create directory named `datawarm`, warm and hot are node roles. What does the `path.data` in `elasticsearch.yml` looks like for this node? Also, **never** move indices file in the directories. ---
**Author:** ![UP\_NEWS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/up_news/32/121369_2.png) [@UP\_NEWS](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/UP_NEWS)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/move-index-to-data-warm-manually/337885/8 "2023-07-07T14:53:06Z")
Hi, no my node called datawarm and the node.roles is data\_warm Thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/move-index-to-data-warm-manually/337885/9 "2023-08-04T14:53:07Z")
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