Creating multiple snapshots one after other immediatly

[iamredlus (Lior Redlus)]

Hi,

I've stumbled upon a similar issue when using the elasticsearch Snapshot API:

Snapshot queue

Hi, We've been trying to automate index snapshot creation through the elasticseasrch snapshot API. However, we get an exception when trying to run more than one snapshot in parallel: elasticsearch.exceptions.TransportError: TransportError(503, 'concurrent_snapshot_execution_exception', 'a snapshot is already running') This is an odd behavior, as elasticsearch already has many queues for many of its operations - and I'd expect the same for snapshots and restores. Is there any way to let elas…

It seems like an internal limitation and a lack of queue implementation.
Hopefully, there is some kind of workaround.