# Automatic backup like SLM in 6.8 version **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 31, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-backup-like-slm-in-6-8-version/243344 "2020-07-31T11:48:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Agzem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/agzem/32/72303_2.png) [@Agzem](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Agzem)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-backup-like-slm-in-6-8-version/243344/1 "2020-07-31T11:48:46Z")
Hi, I'm playing around with snapshot and restore in elasticsearch trying to do automatic backup, but I noticed that in 6.8 version, SLM policy is not available. Is there any methods to automatically take snapshot other than SLM within Elasticsearch 6.8 version? ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-backup-like-slm-in-6-8-version/243344/2 "2020-08-03T09:54:08Z")
SLM is a 7.4 and above only feature. You might want to take a look at [curator](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/current/index.html) in order to achieve something similar in 6.x, albeit not being built-in, this needs to be called externally. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-backup-like-slm-in-6-8-version/243344/3 "2020-08-31T09:54:10Z")
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