# Backup of Watcher Alerts

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-of-watcher-alerts/126118>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 29, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-of-watcher-alerts/126118 "2018-03-29T16:08:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dmdm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@dmdm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dmdm)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-of-watcher-alerts/126118/1 "2018-03-29T16:08:08Z")

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Just wanted to double check on this one. If we want to just backup the watcher alerts on a cluster the only way to do this to restore to a new cluster is to backup the .watches index correct? I've added this into our curator box and it appears to backup fine just want to make sure I'll get what I want when it comes time to spin up new boxes and restore it:

```auto
 action: snapshot
    description: Backup the .watches index
    options:
      ignore_empty_list: True
      repository: MY_REPO_NAME
      name: 'watches-%Y%m%d%H%M%S'
    filters:
    - filtertype: pattern
      kind: regex
      value: '^\.watches$'

```

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-of-watcher-alerts/126118/2 "2018-03-29T21:23:59Z")

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That all looks correct. I would encourage you to restore to a new cluster and confirm it's consistent, but it sounds like you have already verified it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-of-watcher-alerts/126118/3 "2018-04-26T21:24:07Z")

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