# Backup Restore to different Host - no snapshots

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-restore-to-different-host-no-snapshots/94837>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 27, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-restore-to-different-host-no-snapshots/94837 "2017-07-27T16:04:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Bruce\_Carey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@Bruce\_Carey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bruce_Carey)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-restore-to-different-host-no-snapshots/94837/1 "2017-07-27T16:04:58Z")

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Hi,

I'm doing this on ES 5.0.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 in Azure

In order to do backups properly, I have a second machine with a 4TB area. I'm using a single repo with incremental snapshots. The connection is NFS.

To test the backups, I've set up a 3rd test machine and mounted the SAME backup partition and path. So, both ES hosts are looking at the same path and, in theory, files for the path.repo.

I have registered the same repo name on the test machine. I run a query and I can see the repo i just registered.

However, when I run this query: GET /\_snapshot/NameOfMyBackup/\_all I get an empty result.

I've looked through the docs and I don't see anything that prevents more that one host or cluster looking at the same repo. Have I missed something?

Any and all thoughts/tips/instructions are very welcome.

ADDITION/EDIT:  
I have also now copied the backup repo onto the machine I'm trying to restore to, and I have the same problem. I register the repo, and when I query it, no snapshots show up.

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**Author:** ![Bruce\_Carey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@Bruce\_Carey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bruce_Carey)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-restore-to-different-host-no-snapshots/94837/2 "2017-08-01T13:28:00Z")

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So, what does it take to get someone to reply and help on posts here? I'm willing to dance, tho you all may want to pay me not to...

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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:** [August 29, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-restore-to-different-host-no-snapshots/94837/3 "2017-08-29T13:28:03Z")

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