# Problem when reindexing large index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-when-reindexing-large-index/117421>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 29, 2018, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-when-reindexing-large-index/117421 "2018-01-29T09:08:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-when-reindexing-large-index/117421/3 "2018-01-29T12:16:43Z")

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Thanks Mark for helping.  
This should be the timeout as no nodes were restarted during the reindexing.  
I am reindexing a development database used by nobody but me. No requests are directed to the old index while reindexing. How should I renew the lock while reindexing?

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