# Restoring Backups of Shrunk Indices

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restoring-backups-of-shrunk-indices/173183>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 20, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restoring-backups-of-shrunk-indices/173183 "2019-03-20T15:33:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mohammad\_Etemad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mohammad_etemad/32/42444_2.png) [@Mohammad\_Etemad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohammad_Etemad)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restoring-backups-of-shrunk-indices/173183/1 "2019-03-20T15:33:37Z")

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Hello everyone,

I am trying to clean up my ES and am using the following strategy:

1- Roll indices every day  
2- Shrink indices not in use  
3- Take backup of indices every month

This process works fine. The problem is when I try to restore an index from a shrunken index, the restored index never turns green and is stuck in the red state. I have read that restores on shrunken indices dont go well, but that was in an older version. I am using version 6.2 and I still see the problem.

Any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks

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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:** [April 17, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restoring-backups-of-shrunk-indices/173183/2 "2019-04-17T15:33:42Z")

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