[[shard-tool]]
== elasticsearch-shard

In some cases the Lucene index or translog of a shard copy can become corrupted.
The `elasticsearch-shard` command enables you to remove corrupted parts of the
shard if a good copy of the shard cannot be recovered automatically or restored
from backup.

[WARNING]
You will lose the corrupted data when you run `elasticsearch-shard`.  This tool
should only be used as a last resort if there is no way to recover from another
copy of the shard or restore a snapshot.

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=== Synopsis

[source,shell]
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bin/elasticsearch-shard remove-corrupted-data
  ([--index <Index>] [--shard-id <ShardId>] | [--dir <IndexPath>])
  [--truncate-clean-translog]
  [-E <KeyValuePair>]
  [-h, --help] ([-s, --silent] | [-v, --verbose])
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=== Description

When {es} detects that a shard's data is corrupted, it fails that shard copy and
refuses to use it. Under normal conditions, the shard is automatically recovered
from another copy. If no good copy of the shard is available and you cannot
restore one from a snapshot, you can use `elasticsearch-shard` to remove the
corrupted data and restore access to any remaining data in unaffected segments.

[WARNING]
Stop Elasticsearch before running `elasticsearch-shard`.

To remove corrupted shard data use the `remove-corrupted-data` subcommand.

There are two ways to specify the path:

* Specify the index name and shard name with the `--index` and `--shard-id`
  options.
* Use the `--dir` option to specify the full path to the corrupted index or
  translog files.

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==== Removing corrupted data

`elasticsearch-shard` analyses the shard copy and provides an overview of the
corruption found. To proceed you must then confirm that you want to remove the
corrupted data.

[WARNING]
Back up your data before running `elasticsearch-shard`. This is a destructive
operation that removes corrupted data from the shard.

[source,txt]
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$ bin/elasticsearch-shard remove-corrupted-data --index twitter --shard-id 0


    WARNING: Elasticsearch MUST be stopped before running this tool.

  Please make a complete backup of your index before using this tool.


Opening Lucene index at /var/lib/elasticsearchdata/nodes/0/indices/P45vf_YQRhqjfwLMUvSqDw/0/index/

 >> Lucene index is corrupted at /var/lib/elasticsearchdata/nodes/0/indices/P45vf_YQRhqjfwLMUvSqDw/0/index/

Opening translog at /var/lib/elasticsearchdata/nodes/0/indices/P45vf_YQRhqjfwLMUvSqDw/0/translog/


 >> Translog is clean at /var/lib/elasticsearchdata/nodes/0/indices/P45vf_YQRhqjfwLMUvSqDw/0/translog/


  Corrupted Lucene index segments found - 32 documents will be lost.

            WARNING:              YOU WILL LOSE DATA.

Continue and remove docs from the index ? Y

WARNING: 1 broken segments (containing 32 documents) detected
Took 0.056 sec total.
Writing...
OK
Wrote new segments file "segments_c"
Marking index with the new history uuid : 0pIBd9VTSOeMfzYT6p0AsA
Changing allocation id V8QXk-QXSZinZMT-NvEq4w to tjm9Ve6uTBewVFAlfUMWjA

You should run the following command to allocate this shard:

POST /_cluster/reroute
{
  "commands" : [
    {
      "allocate_stale_primary" : {
        "index" : "index42",
        "shard" : 0,
        "node" : "II47uXW2QvqzHBnMcl2o_Q",
        "accept_data_loss" : false
      }
    }
  ]
}

You must accept the possibility of data loss by changing the `accept_data_loss` parameter to `true`.

Deleted corrupt marker corrupted_FzTSBSuxT7i3Tls_TgwEag from /var/lib/elasticsearchdata/nodes/0/indices/P45vf_YQRhqjfwLMUvSqDw/0/index/

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When you use `elasticsearch-shard` to drop the corrupted data, the shard's
allocation ID changes. After restarting the node, you must use the
<<cluster-reroute,cluster reroute API>> to tell Elasticsearch to use the new ID.
The `elasticsearch-shard` command shows the request that you need to submit.

You can also use the `-h` option to get a list of all options and parameters
that the `elasticsearch-shard` tool supports.

Finally, you can use the `--truncate-clean-translog` option to truncate the
shard's translog even if it does not appear to be corrupt.