# Recovering from missing state .si file

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recovering-from-missing-state-si-file/229744
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 25, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recovering-from-missing-state-si-file/229744 "2020-04-25T05:48:00Z")
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#### Post date: [April 25, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recovering-from-missing-state-si-file/229744/3 "2020-04-25T11:24:41Z")

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Thanks for the response. I haven't been able to identify the root cause leading to the missing file. Elasticsearch has been running on a server without me doing anything.

The cluster only has one node but I have a snapshot from a few days back. What's the recommended procedure to "wipe this node"? Unistall Elasticsearch, remove /var/lib/elasticsearch, reinstall Elasticsearch and then restore from snapshot? (I'm running Debian and using apt-get to install ES if it matters.)

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