# Restore an index without \_state directory **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 20, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-an-index-without--state-directory/11222 "2013-03-20T16:50:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ferdy\_Galema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/278dde/32.png) [@Ferdy\_Galema](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ferdy_Galema)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-an-index-without--state-directory/11222/1 "2013-03-20T16:50:40Z")
Hi, I'm having some troubles restoring an index. I have an index with 3 shards on 3 machines (2 replica's), but I've lost the \_state directories. (I think the \_state directories where on other machines, which I cleaned up). Also the gateway node had its data (state info) removed. So normally you would have the following structure: nodes/0/indices/myIndex: 0 1 2 \_state I am missing the \_state directories. When I start the ES instances on those machines, the master (on a separate machine) does not 'pick up' myIndex on the data nodes. How can I force this import? Can I recreate the \_state dir? Or can I recreate the index using ES commands and would it keep the index files or overwrite the old index files? I still know the mapping and index settings so that is not the problem. The index is originally created with ES 0.19.9 but now I'm running on ES 0.20.5. -- _Kalooga_ | Visual RelevanceCheck out our Visual Gallery Layer now! [http://spitsnieuws.nl/archives/entertainment/2012/12/huis-amy-winehouse-levert-weinig-op](http://spitsnieuws.nl/archives/entertainment/2012/12/huis-amy-winehouse-levert-weinig-op) Kalooga Helperpark 288 9723 ZA Groningen The Netherlands +31 50 2103400 [www.kalooga.com](http://www.kalooga.com) info@kalooga.comKalooga EMEA 53 Davies Street W1K 5JH London United Kingdom +44 20 7129 1430Kalooga Spain and LatAM Maria de Sevilla Diago No 3 28022 Madrid - Madrid Spain +34 670 580 872 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**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, 2:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-an-index-without--state-directory/11222/2 "2017-07-06T02:45:34Z")