# Elastic - restoring index from snapshots does not work

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-restoring-index-from-snapshots-does-not-work/303001>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 22, 2022, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-restoring-index-from-snapshots-does-not-work/303001 "2022-04-22T09:08:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![JimJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/76d3ee/32.png) [@JimJ](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JimJ)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-restoring-index-from-snapshots-does-not-work/303001/1 "2022-04-22T09:08:36Z")

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running Elastic stack 7.12.0.  
I configured a repository to snapshot indices.  
The system takes a snapshot on a daily basis and keeps 7 days.  
All snapshots seem to be okay.  
States are all "Snapshot complete".

I tried several times to restore deleted indices from these snapshots starting in the Kibana interface without any success.

I started from kibana, selected "restore", then selecting only one index from the dropdown list, with or without "Partial restore".

I then clicked on "Next" + "Next" + "Restore snaphot".

The restore seemed to start, I can see progress but it suddently stopped and nothing was restored. "Restore Status" TAB of the kibana interface just showed:

```auto
" No restored snapshots
Go to [Snapshots] to start a restore."

```

I checked the logs but found nothing.

I also verified the repository and everything looked ok:

```auto
### Repository type

Shared file system

[Repository docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.12/snapshots-register-repository.html#snapshots-filesystem-repository)

### Snapshots

[8 snapshots found]

### Settings

Location

/srv/elasticsearch/icfield-production

### Verification status

Connected

```

So, right now, I am not able to restore lost indices.

Any idea where I can start investigating why it is not working ?

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**Author:** ![JimJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/76d3ee/32.png) [@JimJ](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JimJ)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-restoring-index-from-snapshots-does-not-work/303001/2 "2022-04-22T13:46:52Z")

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Okay, I understand what happened.

Elastic restored indices including their properties. Like creation\_date.

And ILM deleted them once restored.

I reset the property "index.lifecycle.name" and indices are restored and okay.

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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:** [May 20, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-restoring-index-from-snapshots-does-not-work/303001/3 "2022-05-20T13:46:53Z")

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