# Elastic search 1.2.1: Snapshot not creating

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-1-2-1-snapshot-not-creating/19632
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 4, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-1-2-1-snapshot-not-creating/19632 "2014-09-04T20:31:37Z")
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### Author: ![manish\_kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@manish\_kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manish_kumar)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-1-2-1-snapshot-not-creating/19632/1 "2014-09-04T20:31:37Z")

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I am runnign this command

```
http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/titan_es_backup?pretty

```

**output**

```
{
  "titan_es_backup" : {
    "type" : "fs",
    "settings" : {
      "compress" : "true",
      "location" : "/home/manish/Softwares/DataBackUp/ES"
    }
  }
}

```

again this command

[http://localhost:9200/\_snapshot/titan\_es\_backup/snapshot\_1?wait\_for\_completion=false](http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/titan_es_backup/snapshot_1?wait_for_completion=false)

**OUTPUT**

```
{"error":"SnapshotMissingException[[titan_es_backup:snapshot_1] is 

```

missing]; nested:  
FileNotFoundException[/home/manish/Softwares/DataBackUp/ES/snapshot-snapshot\_1  
(No such file or directory)]; ","status":404}

Where I am going wrong ?

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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: [July 6, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-1-2-1-snapshot-not-creating/19632/2 "2017-07-06T01:04:16Z")

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