# Shard recovery **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 4, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-recovery/19634 "2014-09-04T22:30:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![daa\_qqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5daacb/32.png) [@daa\_qqu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/daa_qqu)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-recovery/19634/1 "2014-09-04T22:30:27Z")
Hello everyone, I am new to ES and need some help with it: - Elasticsearch version 1.0.1 ( I know I need to upgrade!) - Two node cluster - Cluster state yellow for last couple of hours - Two shards in INITIALIZING state. - One shard UNASSIGNED wl-2014.09.04 is an active index with new documents being indexing to the primary shards but the replicas are not in a healthy state. What do I need to do to bring this cluster to a healthy state? /\_cat/recovery index shard target recovered percent host ip node wl-2014.09.04 0 973517301 969375940 99.6% hostxx 10.xxx.xxx.xxx node1 wl-2014.09.04 2 969558534 962868164 99.3% hostxx 10.xxx.xxx.xxx node2 /\_cat/indices/wl-2014.09.04 health index pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size yellow wl-2014.09.04 5 1 3452017 0 6.6gb 4.7gb /\_cat/shards wl-2014.09.04 2 r UNASSIGNED wl-2014.09.04 0 r INITIALIZING 10.xxx.xxx.xxx node1 wl-2014.09.04 1 r INITIALIZING 10.xxx.xxx.xxx node2 -- 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). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAO4Z2jC4K33xo498%2B3iag\_APGaSDZKZ4HyFHODDGc-bxwdEmeg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAO4Z2jC4K33xo498%2B3iag_APGaSDZKZ4HyFHODDGc-bxwdEmeg%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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:** [September 4, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-recovery/19634/2 "2014-09-04T22:43:53Z")
Easiest way is to drop the replicas and then re-add them. Regards, Mark Walkom Infrastructure Engineer Campaign Monitor email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) On 5 September 2014 08:30, daa qqu [daaqqu@gmail.com](mailto:daaqqu@gmail.com) wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am new to ES and need some help with it: > > - Elasticsearch version 1.0.1 ( I know I need to upgrade!) > - Two node cluster > - Cluster state yellow for last couple of hours > - Two shards in INITIALIZING state. > - One shard UNASSIGNED > > wl-2014.09.04 is an active index with new documents being indexing to the > primary shards but the replicas are not in a healthy state. > > What do I need to do to bring this cluster to a healthy state? > > /\_cat/recovery > > index shard target recovered percent host ip node > wl-2014.09.04 0 973517301 969375940 99.6% hostxx 10.xxx.xxx.xxx node1 > wl-2014.09.04 2 969558534 962868164 99.3% hostxx 10.xxx.xxx.xxx node2 > > /\_cat/indices/wl-2014.09.04 > > health index pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size > yellow wl-2014.09.04 5 1 3452017 0 6.6gb 4.7gb > > /\_cat/shards > > wl-2014.09.04 2 r UNASSIGNED > wl-2014.09.04 0 r INITIALIZING 10.xxx.xxx.xxx node1 > wl-2014.09.04 1 r INITIALIZING 10.xxx.xxx.xxx node2 > > -- > 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). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAO4Z2jC4K33xo498%2B3iag\_APGaSDZKZ4HyFHODDGc-bxwdEmeg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAO4Z2jC4K33xo498%2B3iag_APGaSDZKZ4HyFHODDGc-bxwdEmeg%40mail.gmail.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAO4Z2jC4K33xo498%2B3iag\_APGaSDZKZ4HyFHODDGc-bxwdEmeg%40mail.gmail.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAO4Z2jC4K33xo498%2B3iag_APGaSDZKZ4HyFHODDGc-bxwdEmeg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- 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). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624bvVJvnUYzQ6djyBYPQH62cgESdQJ9FyUxvT0Rc-j%2BxUw%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624bvVJvnUYzQ6djyBYPQH62cgESdQJ9FyUxvT0Rc-j%2BxUw%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 1:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-recovery/19634/3 "2017-07-06T01:04:14Z")