# Old indexes are getting restored! **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 14, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/old-indexes-are-getting-restored/10340 "2013-01-14T23:28:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Janusz\_Dalecki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@Janusz\_Dalecki](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Janusz_Dalecki)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/old-indexes-are-getting-restored/10340/1 "2013-01-14T23:28:24Z")
Hi, I have a strange behaviour of elasticsearch. After I remove all nodes from the subfolder elasticsearch\nodes and then create a mapping for my collection, elasticsearch re-creates some old indexes that I used to have (I can see them under [http://localhost:9200/\_plugin/head/](http://localhost:9200/_plugin/head/)). But I have deleted all nodes from elasticsearch. I am getting this message in the console: [2013-01-15 10:12:56,315][INFO][cluster.service] [Persuasion] added {[Stentor][mhl-5VQvTPGStEhyowNbVg][inet[/192.168.0.4:9301]],}, reason: zen-disco-receive(join from node[[Stentor][mhl-5VQvTPGStEhyowNbVg][inet[/192.168.0.4:9301]]])[2013-01-15 10:12:56,472][INFO][gateway.local.state.meta] [Persuasion] auto importing dangled indices [product\_index/OPEN][productproduct\_index/OPEN][es004index/OPEN][asset\_index\_mapping/OPEN][mongoindex/OPEN][asset\_index/OPEN][\_river/OPEN] from [[Stentor][mhl-5VQvTPGStEhyowNbVg][inet[/192.168.0.4:9301]]][2013-01-15 10:13:06,417][INFO][river.mongodb] [Persuasion] [mongodb][productproduct\_river] Using mongodb server(s): host [localhost], port [27017] I don’t even have “Stentor” node, I have only Persuasion – so where is elasticsearch getting that data from? How can I clean the elasticsearch db? Can anybody point me into right direction? Regards, Janusz -- ---
**Author:** ![Igor\_Motov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/igor_motov/32/45193_2.png) [@Igor\_Motov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Igor_Motov)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/old-indexes-are-getting-restored/10340/2 "2013-01-15T01:56:52Z")
You do have "Stentor" node. It's the second node that runs on your machine (assuming that you machine's IP address in 192.168.0.4). Just check java processes that are currently running on your system and you will see it. Most likely, it listens on the port 9201, so you can shut it down by running curl -XPOST [http://192.168.0.4:9201/\_shutdown](http://192.168.0.4:9201/_shutdown) If this doesn't work, just find the java process where it runs and kill it. On Monday, January 14, 2013 6:28:24 PM UTC-5, JD wrote: > Hi, > > I have a strange behaviour of elasticsearch. > > After I remove all nodes from the subfolder elasticsearch\nodes and then > create a mapping for my collection, elasticsearch re-creates some old > indexes that I used to have (I can see them under > [http://localhost:9200/\_plugin/head/](http://localhost:9200/_plugin/head/)). But I have deleted all nodes from > elasticsearch. I am getting this message in the console: > > [2013-01-15 10:12:56,315][INFO][cluster.service] [Persuasion] > added {[Stentor][mhl-5VQvTPGStEhyowNbVg][inet[/192.168.0.4:9301]],}, > reason: zen-disco-receive(join from > node[[Stentor][mhl-5VQvTPGStEhyowNbVg][inet[/192.168.0.4:9301]]])[2013-01-15 > 10:12:56,472][INFO][gateway.local.state.meta] [Persuasion] auto importing > dangled indices > [product\_index/OPEN][productproduct\_index/OPEN][es004index/OPEN][asset\_index\_mapping/OPEN][mongoindex/OPEN][asset\_index/OPEN][\_river/OPEN] > from > [[Stentor][mhl-5VQvTPGStEhyowNbVg][inet[/192.168.0.4:9301]]][2013-01-15 > 10:13:06,417][INFO][river.mongodb] [Persuasion] > [mongodb][productproduct\_river] Using > > mongodb server(s): host [localhost], port [27017] > > I don’t even have “Stentor” node, I have only Persuasion – so where is > elasticsearch getting that data from? How can I clean the elasticsearch db? > > Can anybody point me into right direction? > > Regards, > > Janusz -- ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/old-indexes-are-getting-restored/10340/3 "2017-07-06T02:56:29Z")