# Change snapshot directory

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-snapshot-directory/283055>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** snapshot-and-restore\
**Created:** [September 1, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-snapshot-directory/283055 "2021-09-01T14:16:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Cihan\_Tunali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cihan_tunali/32/73516_2.png) [@Cihan\_Tunali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cihan_Tunali)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-snapshot-directory/283055/1 "2021-09-01T14:16:05Z")

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Hello

I am using a shared folder to store snapshots which is a nfs. I need to change NFS directory but I dont want to lose existing backups. I copied existing data to new folder and added that new folder as new repository but it did not read existing backups. How can I do that? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Cihan\_Tunali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cihan_tunali/32/73516_2.png) [@Cihan\_Tunali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cihan_Tunali)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 6:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-snapshot-directory/283055/2 "2021-09-08T06:22:40Z")

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nobody know something?

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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:** [October 6, 2021, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-snapshot-directory/283055/3 "2021-10-06T06:23:16Z")

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