# Primary shard not available **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 9, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/primary-shard-not-available/352938 "2024-02-09T13:28:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Manal\_A](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/manal_a/32/123992_2.png) [@Manal\_A](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Manal_A)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/primary-shard-not-available/352938/1 "2024-02-09T13:28:29Z")
Hi after i've receive disk full i try to remove some indices from this path: `elasticsearch/indices/` after the status of the cluster become red and give below errors: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/6/d67df96897a0fec8bba480a10616d31eb06e93ac.png) is there any way to fix it please? ---
**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:** [February 12, 2024, 6:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/primary-shard-not-available/352938/2 "2024-02-12T06:21:44Z")
> [@Manal\_A](#): > > after i've receive disk full i try to remove some indices from this path: > `elasticsearch/indices/` Do not **ever** delete or modify anything at the disk level in the Elasticsearch data directories. This will most likely lead to serious issues. If you need to delete data, always use the Elasticsearch APIs. I would recommend trying to use the API to delete the index that is problematic. If that does not resolve the issue it would help if you showed us what is in the logs. ---
**Author:** ![Manal\_A](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/manal_a/32/123992_2.png) [@Manal\_A](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Manal_A)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/primary-shard-not-available/352938/3 "2024-02-12T19:30:03Z")
Thank you Christian. Unfortunately, I have already deleted a file from /data/elasticsearch, and I still have the /data folder at 100% capacity. Here is an example of the errors I found in my log files: ```auto 2024-02-09 15:26:02,333 elasticsearch[node2][generic][T#5] ERROR Recovering from StringBuilderEncoder.encode('[2024-02-09T15:26:02,328][WARN][r.s> systemd-entrypoint[30302]: org.elasticsearch.discovery.MasterNotDiscoveredException: null systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.TransportMasterNodeAction$AsyncSingleAction$2.onTimeout(TransportMasterNodeAction.java:316) ~[elas> systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterStateObserver$ContextPreservingListener.onTimeout(ClusterStateObserver.java:326) ~[elasticsearch-8.8.1.ja> systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterStateObserver$ObserverClusterStateListener.onTimeout(ClusterStateObserver.java:264) ~[elasticsearch-8.8.1> systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterApplierService$NotifyTimeout.run(ClusterApplierService.java:642) ~[elasticsearch-8.8.1.jar:?] systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext$ContextPreservingRunnable.run(ThreadContext.java:916) ~[elasticsearch-8.8.1.jar:?] systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1144) ~[?:?] systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:642) ~[?:?] systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1623) ~[?:?] systemd-entrypoint[30302]: ') error: org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AppenderLoggingException: Error writing to stream /data/log/elasticsearch/file.log org.apache.log> systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.OutputStreamManager.writeToDestination(OutputStreamManager.java> systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.FileManager.writeToDestination(FileManager.java:278) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager.writeToDestination(RollingFileManage> systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.OutputStreamManager.flushBuffer(OutputStreamManager.java:283) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.OutputStreamManager.drain(OutputStreamManager.java:343) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.TextEncoderHelper.drainIfByteBufferFull(TextEncoderHelper.java:25> systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.TextEncoderHelper.writeAndEncodeAsMuchAsPossible(TextEncoderHelpe> systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.TextEncoderHelper.encodeChunkedText(TextEncoderHelper.java:145) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.TextEncoderHelper.encodeText(TextEncoderHelper.java:56) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.StringBuilderEncoder.encode(StringBuilderEncoder.java:67) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.StringBuilderEncoder.encode(StringBuilderEncoder.java:32) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.PatternLayout.encode(PatternLayout.java:227) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.PatternLayout.encode(PatternLayout.java:59) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractOutputStreamAppender.directEncodeEvent(AbstractOutputSt> systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractOutputStreamAppender.tryAppend(AbstractOutputStreamAppe> systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractOutputStreamAppender.append(AbstractOutputStreamAppende> systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.RollingFileAppender.append(RollingFileAppender.java:301) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AppenderControl.tryCallAppender(AppenderControl.java:161) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AppenderControl.callAppender0(AppenderControl.java:134) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AppenderControl.callAppenderPreventRecursion(AppenderControl.java> systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AppenderControl.callAppender(AppenderControl.java:89) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggerConfig.callAppenders(LoggerConfig.java:683) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggerConfig.processLogEvent(LoggerConfig.java:641) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggerConfig.log(LoggerConfig.java:624) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggerConfig.log(LoggerConfig.java:560) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AwaitCompletionReliabilityStrategy.log(AwaitCompletionReliability> systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core@8.8.1/org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Logger.log(Logger.java:162) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j@2.19.0/org.apache.logging.log4j.spi.AbstractLogger.tryLogMessage(AbstractLogger.java:2205) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j@2.19.0/org.apache.logging.log4j.spi.AbstractLogger.logMessageTrackRecursion(AbstractLogger.java:2159) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j@2.19.0/org.apache.logging.log4j.spi.AbstractLogger.logMessageSafely(AbstractLogger.java:2142) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j@2.19.0/org.apache.logging.log4j.spi.AbstractLogger.logMessage(AbstractLogger.java:2012) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j@2.19.0/org.apache.logging.log4j.spi.AbstractLogger.logIfEnabled(AbstractLogger.java:1868) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.apache.logging.log4j@2.19.0/org.apache.logging.log4j.spi.AbstractLogger.warn(AbstractLogger.java:2681) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.elasticsearch.server@8.8.1/org.elasticsearch.rest.RestResponse.(RestResponse.java:120) systemd-entrypoint[30302]: at org.elasticsearch.server@8.8.1/org.elasticsearch.rest.RestResponse.(RestResponse.java:103) ``` ---
**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:** [February 12, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/primary-shard-not-available/352938/4 "2024-02-12T19:41:34Z")
You will need to delete some indices through the API. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/primary-shard-not-available/352938/5 "2024-03-11T19:42:10Z")
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