# Error when restoring snapshot

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-restoring-snapshot/47534
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 15, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-restoring-snapshot/47534 "2016-04-15T19:32:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![mc1392](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@mc1392](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mc1392)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-restoring-snapshot/47534/1 "2016-04-15T19:32:29Z")

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I created a snaphot, the resulting files are:

- index
- indices (directory)
- meta-snapshot\_4-15-2015.dat
- snap-snapshot\_4-15-2016.dat

I can see all of my indices in the indices folder.

When I try to restore using

`POST _snapshot/elk_backup/snapshot_4-15-2016/_restore`

I get:

> ```
> {
> "statusCode": 400,
> "error": "Bad Request",
> "message": "Missing kbn-version header"
> }
> 
> ```

Also, in kibana, I get "there is no default index".

I am doing this to move from kibana 4.2.1 to 4.5.0 and elasticsearch 2.0.0 to 2.3.1

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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 5, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-restoring-snapshot/47534/2 "2017-07-05T22:58:52Z")

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