Just a side note, if you are using time based data then it makes a lot of sense to use time based indices - ie daily, weekly, monthly.
On 4 May 2015 at 08:06, David Pilato <da...@pilato.fr> wrote: > Searching for reindex in docs would have directed you to > http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/reindex.html > > David > > Le 3 mai 2015 à 23:36, AALISHE <aali...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > Thanks David! > > do you know how I perform step (2) *pull documents after May2014 from > the current index to the new one* > > > > On Monday, May 4, 2015 at 12:15:22 AM UTC+3, David Pilato wrote: >> >> Definitely the second option. >> Use scan and scroll (search for reindex on the website). >> >> Instead of renaming, I would use aliases and switch the alias from old to >> new index. >> >> Then close or remove the old index. >> >> -- >> David ;-) >> Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs >> >> Le 3 mai 2015 à 22:24, AALISHE <aal...@gmail.com> a écrit : >> >> Hi, >> >> I have ES "0.20.3" .. with a single index replicated on 2 servers .. >> with 5 shards ..* size: 57.2gb / docs: 36060297 * >> >> I have webpages(the docs) indexed since 2013 ... so I want to delete >> everything and keep 1 year worth of documents >> >> how can I do this safely on a production setup >> >> am thinking of the following: >> >> 1- make a copy of the current index ... put it next to it (with a >> different name ofcourse) ... *(how do I accomplish this)* >> 2- delete documents before May 2014 from the copied index >> 3- Rename the old index and leave / Delete it >> >> OR >> >> 1- make an empty index >> 2- pull documents after May2014 from the current index to the new one >> *(how do I accomplish this)*3- Rename the old index and leave / Delete >> it >> >> >> >> appreciate your help guys... >> thanks! >> >> -- >> 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 elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f420f325-9f60-49d9-a9f6-d56528f32a99%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/f420f325-9f60-49d9-a9f6-d56528f32a99%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 elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9c312789-2492-4bdf-a660-19d542df4977%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9c312789-2492-4bdf-a660-19d542df4977%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 elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/F64B5203-F4A7-4FB0-B34C-44F8D3249D8E%40pilato.fr > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/F64B5203-F4A7-4FB0-B34C-44F8D3249D8E%40pilato.fr?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 elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X_dBySiL84TBMqYxiu2odL52oBsB2s2cW4VqeocFxLmnA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
