# BackUp and restore **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 6, 2014, 11:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-and-restore/17365 "2014-05-06T11:50:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ankur\_Goel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@Ankur\_Goel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ankur_Goel)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 11:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-and-restore/17365/1 "2014-05-06T11:50:27Z")
Hi All, We have been using an elastic search cluster with 3 nodes , running on aws machines , we have been using EBS for work and data directory of elasticsearch . I was experimenting with backup using EBS snapshots , here is what I did 1.) created a snapshot of one ebs volume (say, alpha) 2.) deleted the index 3.) shutdown the cluster 4.) unmounted the ebs volume on alpha (say /mnt/data ) 5.) created a new volume from snapshot and mounted on alpha in the same location (/mnt/data) 6.) restarted elastic search on one node only cluster went to red state , all shards in unassigned state 7.) restarted another node with blank data (/mnt/data ) directory cluster went to yellow state , all shards STILL in UNASSIGNED STATE 8.) manually allocated shards to node recovered no documents , few kbs of data got restored ☹ can anyone please help me debug this , what am I doing wrong , is there a better way to do this ?? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6381f2e3-706d-4bc8-86f5-283396e37560%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6381f2e3-706d-4bc8-86f5-283396e37560%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![andrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@andrew](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrew)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-and-restore/17365/2 "2014-05-06T16:48:26Z")
Hi, The recommend way to do this is to use ES's built-in snapshot/restore feature [1]. You would probably want to store your backups in S3 rather than EBS. Also note that EBS does not always provide an acceptable level of performance for low-latency queries. If you use EBS you most likely will want to use provisioned IOPS. Andrew 1. [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html#_snapshot) On May 6, 2014, at 4:50 AM, Ankur Goel [ankrugold@gmail.com](mailto:ankrugold@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi All, > > We have been using an Elasticsearch cluster with 3 nodes , running on aws machines , we have been using EBS for work and data directory of elasticsearch . I was experimenting with backup using EBS snapshots , here is what I did > > 1.) created a snapshot of one ebs volume (say, alpha) > 2.) deleted the index > 3.) shutdown the cluster > 4.) unmounted the ebs volume on alpha (say /mnt/data ) > 5.) created a new volume from snapshot and mounted on alpha in the same location (/mnt/data) > 6.) restarted Elasticsearch on one node only > cluster went to red state , all shards in unassigned state > 7.) restarted another node with blank data (/mnt/data ) directory > cluster went to yellow state , all shards STILL in UNASSIGNED STATE > 8.) manually allocated shards to node > recovered no documents , few kbs of data got restored ☹ > > can anyone please help me debug this , what am I doing wrong , is there a better way to do this ?? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6381f2e3-706d-4bc8-86f5-283396e37560%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6381f2e3-706d-4bc8-86f5-283396e37560%40googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1E2194BC-5D83-4117-8A26-14676D4E2A38%40elasticsearch.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1E2194BC-5D83-4117-8A26-14676D4E2A38%40elasticsearch.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-and-restore/17365/3 "2017-07-06T01:31:18Z")