# Restore cold indices on new cluster

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-cold-indices-on-new-cluster/289315>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** snapshot-and-restore\
**Created:** [November 16, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-cold-indices-on-new-cluster/289315 "2021-11-16T11:45:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![maj7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b77776/32.png) [@maj7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maj7)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-cold-indices-on-new-cluster/289315/1 "2021-11-16T11:45:13Z")

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Hello everyone,

I have a cluster which has a big amount of data and I wanted to move my data to a new cluster.  
**The problem is my new cluster will not have a cold node. I took a snapshot of my old cluster and when I tried to restore it on new one, shards didn't allocate.**

I don't wanna use **reindex from remote cluster** feature because it can take a long time. I have a lot of indices.

Is there a way that I can restore my cold indices without creating a cold node on new cluster? How can I manage this?

Thank you so much.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-cold-indices-on-new-cluster/289315/2 "2021-11-16T22:14:18Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

This is likely due to the allocation rules of the index you restored. You can change those dynamically, see [Index-level shard allocation filtering | Elasticsearch Guide [7.15] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.15/shard-allocation-filtering.html)

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**Author:** ![maj7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b77776/32.png) [@maj7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maj7)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-cold-indices-on-new-cluster/289315/3 "2021-11-17T07:00:56Z")

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Thanks Mark! 💛 Loved the community, it's so cool here ✌

Also thanks for the answer, didn't know I can change them dynamically. It solved my problem.

Have a good day.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-cold-indices-on-new-cluster/289315/4 "2021-12-15T07:01:43Z")

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