# Cant restore the 6.1.1 snapshot to 7.5.1 latest version of elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-restore-the-6-1-1-snapshot-to-7-5-1-latest-version-of-elasticsearch/212655>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 20, 2019, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-restore-the-6-1-1-snapshot-to-7-5-1-latest-version-of-elasticsearch/212655 "2019-12-20T11:21:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![venugrd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/venugrd/32/59799_2.png) [@venugrd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/venugrd)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-restore-the-6-1-1-snapshot-to-7-5-1-latest-version-of-elasticsearch/212655/1 "2019-12-20T11:21:45Z")

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When i restored the elastic older version 6.1.1 snapshot to 7.5.1 latest version, I got the below error. Could you please anyone help me ?

OS : Centos 8

Error:  
{"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"snapshot\_restore\_exception","reason":"[esbackup:demo\_data] snapshot does not exist"}],"type":"snapshot\_restore\_exception","reason":"[esbackup:demo\_data] snapshot does not exist"},"status":500}

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**Author:** ![venugrd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/venugrd/32/59799_2.png) [@venugrd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/venugrd)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 5:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-restore-the-6-1-1-snapshot-to-7-5-1-latest-version-of-elasticsearch/212655/2 "2019-12-23T05:47:39Z")

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please help me.

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**Author:** ![Armin\_Braun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/armin_braun/32/20092_2.png) [@Armin\_Braun](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Armin_Braun)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-restore-the-6-1-1-snapshot-to-7-5-1-latest-version-of-elasticsearch/212655/3 "2019-12-23T09:22:23Z")

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Hi @venugrd

Are you able to restore that snapshot onto a `v6.1.1` cluster?

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**Author:** ![venugrd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/venugrd/32/59799_2.png) [@venugrd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/venugrd)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-restore-the-6-1-1-snapshot-to-7-5-1-latest-version-of-elasticsearch/212655/4 "2019-12-23T12:58:39Z")

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Hi @Armin_Braun,

Thanks for your reply. I have fixed this issue myself. Its working now.

Thanks,  
Venu

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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:** [January 20, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-restore-the-6-1-1-snapshot-to-7-5-1-latest-version-of-elasticsearch/212655/5 "2020-01-20T12:58:46Z")

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