We received the same bucket status as you described on most of our pending fixup actions, both on search factor and replication factor, respectively. Search factor: Missing enough suitable candidates to create searchable copy in order to meet replication policy. Missing={ site3:1 } Replication factor: Missing enough suitable candidates to create a replicated copy in order to meet replication policy. Missing={ site3:1 } In our case, we verified all our configurations were correct per the link posted by dxu and elsewhere in the documentation and then just had to wait it out. The status did not go away until our pending fixup actions got into the ~300 range (down from ~30k originally). So in short, it resolved itself. This was on Splunk 7.3. ... View more