CAT recovery
Introduced 1.0
The CAT recovery operation lists all completed and ongoing index and shard recoveries.
Endpoints
GET /_cat/recovery
GET /_cat/recovery/{index}
Query parameters
The following table lists the available query parameters. All query parameters are optional.
| Parameter | Data type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
active_only | Boolean | If true, the response only includes ongoing shard recoveries. | false |
bytes | String | The units used to display byte values. Valid values are: b, kb, k, mb, m, gb, g, tb, t, pb, p | N/A |
detailed | Boolean | When true, includes detailed information about shard recoveries. | false |
format | String | A short version of the Accept header, such as json or yaml. | N/A |
h | List | A comma-separated list of column names to display. | N/A |
help | Boolean | Returns help information. | false |
s | List | A comma-separated list of column names or column aliases to sort by. | N/A |
time | String | Specifies the time units, for example, 5d or 7h. For more information, see Supported units. Valid values are: nanos, micros, ms, s, m, h, d | N/A |
v | Boolean | Enables verbose mode, which displays column headers. | false |
Example requests
GET _cat/recovery?v
To see only the recoveries of a specific index, add the index name after your query.
GET _cat/recovery/<index>?v
If you want to get information for more than one index, separate the indexes with commas:
GET _cat/recovery/index1,index2,index3
Example response
index | shard | time | type | stage | source_host | source_node | target_host | target_node | repository | snapshot | files | files_recovered | files_percent | files_total | bytes | bytes_recovered | bytes_percent | bytes_total | translog_ops | translog_ops_recovered | translog_ops_percent
movies | 0 | 117ms | empty_store | done | n/a | n/a | 172.18.0.4 | odfe-node1 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0%
movies | 0 | 382ms | peer | done | 172.18.0.4 | odfe-node1 | 172.18.0.3 | odfe-node2 | n/a | n/a | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 1 | 208 | 208 | 100.0% | 208 | 1 | 1 | 100.0%