You can't do this based on your setup because no other node has those shards. The only way to be able to do it would be to set replicas = 1.
You should also really allow all 3 nodes to be masters as it provides better redundancy. On 18 November 2014 22:42, Ramchandra Phadake <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I tried manually moving the shards using cluster reroute API & it works, > just wanted to know if there is any setting which can help in below > scenario. > > Here are my steps: Simulating a production node down scenario due to > maintenance upgrades. > > Our setup: 1.0 ES , windows, all indices have 4 shards & zero replicas. > > node1 : master + data > > node2 : data > > node3 : data > > > Steps: > > - start node1 & index some data > > - start node2 & continue indexing data. > > ----At this point the primary shards are split across 2 nodes evenly. > > - stop node2 & continue indexing data. > > ---- cluster goes in red state. All node2 shards go in unassigned state. > > ---- Indexing errors with UnavailableShardsException for all node 2 shards. > > ----Following is seen for all node2 shards from node1 logs. > > [2014-11-18 15:56:46,482][DEBUG][gateway.local ] [Lament] > [data][0]: not allocating, number_of_allocated_shards_found [0], > required_number [1] > > - start node3 & continue indexing data. > > ---All shards from node1 gets further split & node3 also gets half of the > shards > > -- cluster remains in red state & continue to get with > UnavailableShardsException for all node 2 shards. > > > > I tried various settings for "index.recovery.initial_shards" but none > helped. > > My question in case if a node goes down abruptly, is there a way to > automatically route the unassigned primary shards to other nodes? > > Any pointers on how to move the unassigned shards back to other nodes > without manual cluster route API? > > > Thanks, > > Ram > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d11027f7-3530-48bc-88e8-74826d95ddb5%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d11027f7-3530-48bc-88e8-74826d95ddb5%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAF3ZnZ%3D7nRB-AQX1BQ9TKwfP8%3DEmBu%2Bo9yVvWfqLBTHv-g6zmQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
