# Creating multiple snapshots one after other immediatly

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-multiple-snapshots-one-after-other-immediatly/106926>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 8, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-multiple-snapshots-one-after-other-immediatly/106926 "2017-11-08T19:59:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-multiple-snapshots-one-after-other-immediatly/106926/2 "2017-11-09T01:55:00Z")

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Hi,

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

> [@Snapshot queue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-queue/106954):
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> 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.

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