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  -== Clone Index
  +=== Clone Index
   
   The clone index API allows you to clone an existing index into a new index,
   where each original primary shard is cloned into a new primary shard in
   the new index.
   
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  -=== How does cloning work?
  +==== How does cloning work?
   
   Cloning works as follows:
   
  
positive.code: the source index will be used for the target index.
  
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  === Monitoring the clone process
  
  The clone process can be monitored with the <<cat-recovery,`_cat recovery`
  API>>, or the <<cluster-health, `cluster health` API>> can be used to wait
  
negative.code: replicas and may decide to relocate the primary shard to another node.
  
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  ==== Wait For Active Shards
  
  Because the clone operation creates a new index to clone the shards to,
  the <<create-index-wait-for-active-shards,wait for active shards>> setting
  