# Elasticsearch snapshots not visible

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshots-not-visible/138102>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 1, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshots-not-visible/138102 "2018-07-01T22:31:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@Joba](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joba)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshots-not-visible/138102/1 "2018-07-01T22:31:37Z")

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I am using Elasticsearch 6.3.0 with its default configuration, and am currently trying to restore older snapshots created with some version of Elasticsearch 6.x. I've added a repository to restore the old snapshots, but when querying `/_snapshot/backup/_all` no snapshots are visible.

The configuration of my repository:  
{  
"backup": {  
"type": "fs",  
"settings": {  
"location": "/backup/elasticsearch"  
}  
}  
}  
I have confirmed that the user `elasticsearch`has access to the snapshot directory. What are the next steps I can take to fix this issue?

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**Author:** ![tomriley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tomriley/32/29652_2.png) [@tomriley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomriley)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshots-not-visible/138102/2 "2018-07-01T22:39:57Z")

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Have you validated that the path /backup/elasticsearch contains the Elasticsearch snapshots? Worth double checking the path, especially if its a filesystem mount. This is odd and should be working, you should be able to see & restore snapshots created from 5.x onward.

Cheers,  
Tom

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**Author:** ![Joba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@Joba](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joba)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshots-not-visible/138102/3 "2018-07-01T23:01:53Z")

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Yeah, I checked. It contains about 30 different snapshots directories. Is there a way to restore a snapshot manually by just copying the data somewhere?

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**Author:** ![tomriley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tomriley/32/29652_2.png) [@tomriley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomriley)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshots-not-visible/138102/4 "2018-07-01T23:16:09Z")

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Not according to the documentation.

Have you taken a look at the logs on the current master node to see if it reveals anything regarding snapshots?

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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 29, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-snapshots-not-visible/138102/5 "2018-07-29T23:16:14Z")

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