# Copy ES snapshot to another ES **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** snapshot-and-restore\ **Created:** [August 14, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copy-es-snapshot-to-another-es/381045 "2025-08-14T13:12:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shahram](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shahram/32/131733_2.png) [@Shahram](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shahram)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copy-es-snapshot-to-another-es/381045/1 "2025-08-14T13:12:13Z")
Hello, I have 2 ES9.0.4 with exactily the same configuration and setup. In ES1: I created one index and put some dummy data as: `get test/_search` > { "took": 0, "timed\_out": false, "\_shards": { "total": 1, "successful": 1, "skipped": 0, "failed": 0 }, "hits": { "total": { "value": 1, "relation": "eq" }, "max\_score": 1, "hits": [{ "\_index": "test", "\_id": "2R9hqJgB8CDT6OO9Ckeq", "\_score": 1, "\_source": { "name": "foo", "title": "bar" } }] } } So far so good, I made a folder and defined as repository. Created the snapshot that can be recovered back correctly. When I delete and recover the index in the same ES, I got yellow status which is fine because no replicate is there. ES2: Now I add the same repository in ES2 and enable it with: ```auto PUT _snapshot/from_cold_backup { "type": "fs", "settings": { "location": "/mnt/extvol/es_repo", "readonly": false }} ``` To verify that I used: ```auto POST /_snapshot/from_cold_backup/_verify ``` > { "nodes": { "aZQG-MvtRc-C4OeZmXWM9g": { "name": "es2" } }} According to [How to export/import an ES snapshot to/from an external harddrive](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-export-import-an-es-snapshot-to-from-an-external-harddrive/290796) and [Snapshot and Restore in readable format](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-and-restore-in-readable-format/180578) I can copy the entire repository (including the index files) to a new ES as a repository. Therefore I copied the entire folder of the repository which includes these files: > index-2 meta-vm3eo9OmSlGfFBdGnSeV9Q.dat > index.latest snap-vm3eo9OmSlGfFBdGnSeV9Q.dat > indices from ES1 to ES2 `/mnt/extvol/es_repo`folder. After one restart ES2 service, the snapshot appears in the Kibana page. `GET /_snapshot/from_cold_backup/_all`also shows the snapshot name. When I restore the snapshot either using `kibana > Stack Management>Snapshot and Restore>Snapshots` or using command `POST /_snapshot/from_cold_backup/metadata_0aa_list_cold-kving1xwrfcu3dfwsvtscw/_restore`althogh there is no error, the response is `{ "accepted": true }` but the status remains red. Any request returns > { "error": { "root\_cause": [{ "type": "no\_shard\_available\_action\_exception", "reason": null }], "type": "search\_phase\_execution\_exception", "reason": "all shards failed", "phase": "query", "grouped": true, "failed\_shards": [{ "shard": 0, "index": "test", "node": null, "reason": { "type": "no\_shard\_available\_action\_exception", "reason": null } }] }, "status": 503 } according to [ERROR: no\_shard\_available\_action\_exception after restoring the snapshot](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-no-shard-available-action-exception-after-restoring-the-snapshot/365021) the watermark is not the issue `/dev/vdd 984G 612G 322G 66% /mnt/extvol` Here is a full log of `GET _snapshot/from_cold_backup/metadata_0aa_list_cold-kving1xwrfcu3dfwsvtscw/_status` ```auto { "snapshots": [ { "snapshot": "metadata_0aa_list_cold-kving1xwrfcu3dfwsvtscw", "repository": "from_cold_backup", "uuid": "vm3eo9OmSlGfFBdGnSeV9Q", "state": "SUCCESS", "include_global_state": true, 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