# NoSuchFieldError\[INSTANCE\] while elasticsearch backup

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchfielderror-instance-while-elasticsearch-backup/28060>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 26, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchfielderror-instance-while-elasticsearch-backup/28060 "2015-08-26T02:47:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![niraj\_kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/niraj_kumar/32/4130_2.png) [@niraj\_kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/niraj_kumar)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchfielderror-instance-while-elasticsearch-backup/28060/1 "2015-08-26T02:47:17Z")

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Hi All,

I am using elasticsearch version 1.5 with cloud-aws plugin 2.5.1 which is the compatible plugin for the same. But when i try to backup the complete cluster. I somehow get errors backing up. Below are the snapshot for the failure.

,  
"logstash-2015.08.25": {  
"shards\_stats": {  
"initializing": 0,  
"started": 0,  
"finalizing": 0,  
"done": 0,  
"failed": 5,  
"total": 5  
},  
"stats": {  
"number\_of\_files": 0,  
"processed\_files": 0,  
"total\_size\_in\_bytes": 0,  
"processed\_size\_in\_bytes": 0,  
"start\_time\_in\_millis": 0,  
"time\_in\_millis": 0  
},  
"shards": {  
"0": {  
"stage": "FAILURE",  
"stats": {  
"number\_of\_files": 0,  
"processed\_files": 0,  
"total\_size\_in\_bytes": 0,  
"processed\_size\_in\_bytes": 0,  
"start\_time\_in\_millis": 0,  
"time\_in\_millis": 0  
},  
"reason": "IndexShardSnapshotFailedException[[logstash-2015.08.25][0] INSTANCE]; nested: NoSuchFieldError[INSTANCE]; "  
},  
"1": {  
"stage": "FAILURE",  
"stats": {  
"number\_of\_files": 0,  
"processed\_files": 0,  
"total\_size\_in\_bytes": 0,  
"processed\_size\_in\_bytes": 0,  
"start\_time\_in\_millis": 0,  
"time\_in\_millis": 0  
},  
"reason": "IndexShardSnapshotFailedException[[logstash-2015.08.25][1] INSTANCE]; nested: NoSuchFieldError[INSTANCE]; "  
},

Please help me out!!!!

Regards  
Niraj

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchfielderror-instance-while-elasticsearch-backup/28060/2 "2015-08-26T04:40:01Z")

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Which exact command you ran?

BTW please don't open issues in github and a thread here.  
Prefer always discuss.elastic.co first unless you pretty sure it's a bug.

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**Author:** ![niraj\_kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/niraj_kumar/32/4130_2.png) [@niraj\_kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/niraj_kumar)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 5:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchfielderror-instance-while-elasticsearch-backup/28060/3 "2015-08-26T05:10:51Z")

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Below is my elasticsearch.yml file

action:  
disable\_delete\_all\_indices: true  
bootstrap:  
mlockall: true  
cloud:  
aws:  
access\_key: xxxxxxxxxxxxx  
secret\_key: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  
cluster:  
name: elasticsearch  
discovery:  
zen:  
minimum\_master\_nodes: 2  
ping:  
multicast:  
enabled: false  
unicast:  
hosts:

- xxxxxxxx:9300
- xxxxxxxx:9300
- xxxxxxxx:9300  
gateway:  
expected\_nodes: 3  
recover\_after\_nodes: 2  
recover\_after\_time: 2m  
index:  
indexing:  
slowlog:  
threshold:  
index:  
warn: 10s  
merge:  
scheduler:  
max\_thread\_count: 1  
refresh\_interval: 30s  
search:  
slowlog:  
threshold:  
query:  
warn: 10s  
translog:  
flush\_threshold\_size: 500mb  
indices:  
breaker:  
fielddata:  
limit: 60%  
request:  
limit: 40%  
total:  
limit: 70%  
cache:  
filter:  
size: 15%  
fielddata:  
cache:  
size: 20%  
memory:  
index\_buffer\_size: 20%  
min\_index\_buffer\_size: 96mb  
min\_shard\_index\_buffer\_size: 12mb  
node:  
name: prod-01-data03-prod-01-data03  
path:  
data: /opt/elasticsearch/data/prod-01-data03  
script:  
disable\_dynamic: true

Yeh i have marvel and watcher installed.

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchfielderror-instance-while-elasticsearch-backup/28060/4 "2017-07-05T23:48:53Z")

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