# Elasticsearch snapshot backup in another server is not happening **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 12, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-backup-in-another-server-is-not-happening/223375 "2020-03-12T15:53:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Raj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joseph_raj/32/46850_2.png) [@Joseph\_Raj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joseph_Raj)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-backup-in-another-server-is-not-happening/223375/1 "2020-03-12T15:53:09Z")
We are able to backup the snapshot in the same server but we are unable to backup it in other destination server. We have changed the below settings in **elasticsearch.yml** file. > path.repo: ["/XSNW10S863S.pharma.aventis.com/Snapshots"] But still the backup is not happening. Please help us. Thanks in advance!!! ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Raj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joseph_raj/32/46850_2.png) [@Joseph\_Raj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joseph_Raj)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-backup-in-another-server-is-not-happening/223375/2 "2020-03-16T14:37:33Z")
can anyone help us on this, as we are unable to proceed further. Also we tried to include network share path but still backup is not happening. As per below screenshot, we have provided the config file & network path. ![Screenshot](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/8/c80db9d8302197badeea512f1530e4d9fe606b75.png) Thanks in advance !!! ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Raj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joseph_raj/32/46850_2.png) [@Joseph\_Raj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joseph_Raj)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-backup-in-another-server-is-not-happening/223375/3 "2020-03-22T05:25:19Z")
can anyone please help us on the above topic ??? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-backup-in-another-server-is-not-happening/223375/4 "2020-03-22T06:14:50Z")
> [@Joseph\_Raj](#): > > But still the backup is not happening. What is the error message? What are the logs? ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Raj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joseph_raj/32/46850_2.png) [@Joseph\_Raj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joseph_Raj)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 6:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-backup-in-another-server-is-not-happening/223375/5 "2020-03-22T06:20:15Z")
No logs instead , elk service is not running. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-backup-in-another-server-is-not-happening/223375/6 "2020-03-22T09:40:10Z")
If it does not produce any logs at startup it can be due to a malformed yml file. Otherwise, share the Startup logs pleasE. ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-backup-in-another-server-is-not-happening/223375/7 "2020-03-22T09:52:52Z")
I suspect you need to put quotation marks around the path so `path.repo` is an array of strings (as the examples in the comments). ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Raj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joseph_raj/32/46850_2.png) [@Joseph\_Raj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joseph_Raj)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 10:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-backup-in-another-server-is-not-happening/223375/8 "2020-03-22T10:48:18Z")
i have tried the below command but elk service is getting failed to start. > path.repo: ["\X:"] ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Raj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joseph_raj/32/46850_2.png) [@Joseph\_Raj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joseph_Raj)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-backup-in-another-server-is-not-happening/223375/9 "2020-03-22T11:05:42Z")
please find the below yml file, let me know if anything is wrong on this repo side. ``` # ----------------------------------- Paths ------------------------------------ # # Path to directory where to store the data (separate multiple locations by comma): # #path.data: /path/to/data #path.repo: ["/mount/backups", "/mount/longterm_backups"] path.repo: [\\\X:\\] # # Path to log files: # path.logs: D:\Logs\Elk # # ----------------------------------- Memory ----------------------------------- # # Lock the memory on startup: ``` Also i have share the elk logs below for your trace, ``` [2020-03-22T11:56:41,198][ERROR][o.e.b.Bootstrap] Exception java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to access 'path.repo' (X:\) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addPath(Security.java:397) ~[elasticsearch-5.3.1.jar:5.3.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addFilePermissions(Security.java:280) ~[elasticsearch-5.3.1.jar:5.3.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.createPermissions(Security.java:208) ~[elasticsearch-5.3.1.jar:5.3.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.configure(Security.java:114) ~[elasticsearch-5.3.1.jar:5.3.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:237) ~[elasticsearch-5.3.1.jar:5.3.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:360) [elasticsearch-5.3.1.jar:5.3.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:123) [elasticsearch-5.3.1.jar:5.3.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:114) [elasticsearch-5.3.1.jar:5.3.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:58) [elasticsearch-5.3.1.jar:5.3.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:122) [elasticsearch-5.3.1.jar:5.3.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:88) [elasticsearch-5.3.1.jar:5.3.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91) [elasticsearch-5.3.1.jar:5.3.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84) [elasticsearch-5.3.1.jar:5.3.1] Caused by: java.nio.file.FileSystemException: X:\: Unable to determine if root directory exists at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Files.java:756) ~[?:1.8.0_131] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.ensureDirectoryExists(Security.java:439) ~[elasticsearch-5.3.1.jar:5.3.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addPath(Security.java:395) ~[elasticsearch-5.3.1.jar:5.3.1] ... 12 more ``` Please help on this... Thanks in advance !!! ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Raj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joseph_raj/32/46850_2.png) [@Joseph\_Raj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joseph_Raj)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-backup-in-another-server-is-not-happening/223375/10 "2020-03-23T06:22:30Z")
pls help us. ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-backup-in-another-server-is-not-happening/223375/11 "2020-03-23T06:42:07Z")
As you are using backslashes in the path it is possible these are interpreted as escape characters. If you compare the path logged to the one in the configuration you can see this might be the case. In order to get two backslashes you may therefore need to escape them, resulting in two pairs of backslashes (4). ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 8:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-backup-in-another-server-is-not-happening/223375/12 "2020-03-23T08:12:35Z")
Please format your code, logs or configuration files using `` icon as explained in [this guide](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21) and not the citation button. It will make your post more readable. Or use markdown style like: ```` ``` CODE ``` ```` This is the icon to use if you are not using markdown format: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/e/7e6e239431ec2d71cbf1beef741f2e93e7cc762c.jpg) There's a live preview panel for exactly this reasons. Lots of people read these forums, and many of them will simply skip over a post that is difficult to read, because it's just too large an investment of their time to try and follow a wall of badly formatted text. If your goal is to get an answer to your questions, it's in your interest to make it as easy to read and understand as possible. Please update your post. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 8:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-backup-in-another-server-is-not-happening/223375/13 "2020-03-23T08:12:48Z")
Read [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21) and specifically the "Also be patient" part. It's fine to answer on your own thread after 2 or 3 days (not including weekends) if you don't have an answer. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Raj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joseph_raj/32/46850_2.png) [@Joseph\_Raj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joseph_Raj)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-backup-in-another-server-is-not-happening/223375/14 "2020-03-23T09:18:38Z")
We tried this but still the same error. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Raj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joseph_raj/32/46850_2.png) [@Joseph\_Raj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joseph_Raj)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-backup-in-another-server-is-not-happening/223375/15 "2020-03-23T09:22:02Z")
Thanks for your concern. I have updated the post. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 10:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-backup-in-another-server-is-not-happening/223375/16 "2020-03-23T10:14:14Z")
I don't think it's exactly the `elasticsearch.yml` file as I can see that indentation for ` path.logs: D:\Logs\Elk` is incorrect and probably that would fail your node from starting. Also this is probably wrong: ``` path.repo: [\\\X:\\] ``` Try something like: ``` path.repo: ["\\\\X:\\"] ``` or ``` path.repo: ["/X:/"] ``` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 10:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshot-backup-in-another-server-is-not-happening/223375/17 "2020-04-20T10:14:19Z")
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