# Why No shard becomes primary on second node when it is UP again?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-no-shard-becomes-primary-on-second-node-when-it-is-up-again/78987
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 17, 2017, 9:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-no-shard-becomes-primary-on-second-node-when-it-is-up-again/78987 "2017-03-17T09:12:36Z")
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### Author:  [@stephen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephen)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2017, 9:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-no-shard-becomes-primary-on-second-node-when-it-is-up-again/78987/1 "2017-03-17T09:12:36Z")
I have configured two node cluster and created an `index` with `4 shards` and `1 replica`
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bF6AZ.png)
Elastic created 2 primary shards on each node, this is how it looks from head plugin. `shard 1`, `shard 3` are primary on `node 1(stephen1c7)` AND `shard 0` and `shard 2` are primary on `node 2(stephen2c7)`
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gXeR4.png)
## Shutdown one Node
Now i have shutdown the `node 2(stephen2c7)` to see if all the shards on `node 1(stephen1c7)` became primary. Yes, all shards are now primary.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/M2LUt.png)
## UP the shutdown node
Now i have made the `Node 2(stephen2c7)` up again to see if any shards on this node will be primary. But surprisingly no shard on this node became primary. Waited for long time but still no shard is primary on `Node 2`.
Why so?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uKf9M.png)
Is there any configuration to set for making the shards primary again after a node is up?
Thanks in advance!
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2017, 9:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-no-shard-becomes-primary-on-second-node-when-it-is-up-again/78987/2 "2017-03-17T09:30:21Z")
It's not really important where primaries and secondaries are allocated.
All will get the same load basically
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### Author:  [@stephen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephen)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2017, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-no-shard-becomes-primary-on-second-node-when-it-is-up-again/78987/3 "2017-03-17T10:05:03Z")
@dadoonet is that true for write operations also? why can't elastic make any shard on node2 as primary?
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2017, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-no-shard-becomes-primary-on-second-node-when-it-is-up-again/78987/4 "2017-03-17T10:28:42Z")
> is that true for write operations also?
Yes. Write operations will happen on both shards (primary and replica).
> why can't elastic make any shard on node2 as primary?
Why would it do that if the load is the same?
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### Author:  [@stephen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephen)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2017, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-no-shard-becomes-primary-on-second-node-when-it-is-up-again/78987/5 "2017-03-17T10:54:20Z")
Got it ! Thank you @dadoonet. Are write operations happening in synchronous or asynchronous?
(Writing to primary and then secondary OR start writing to primary and secondary at same time)
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2017, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-no-shard-becomes-primary-on-second-node-when-it-is-up-again/78987/6 "2017-03-17T11:07:39Z")
Writing to primary and then **all secondaries in parallel**
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2017, 11:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-no-shard-becomes-primary-on-second-node-when-it-is-up-again/78987/7 "2017-04-14T11:08:04Z")
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