# Export indice from elasticsearch 1.6 to 2.1.1
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-indice-from-elasticsearch-1-6-to-2-1-1/41787
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 15, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-indice-from-elasticsearch-1-6-to-2-1-1/41787 "2016-02-15T13:13:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@maxg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maxg)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-indice-from-elasticsearch-1-6-to-2-1-1/41787/1 "2016-02-15T13:13:48Z")
Hi,
I'm trying to snapshot an elasticsearch 1.6 to restore the indice on a brand new elasticsearch 2.1.1
The snapshot on the elasticsearch 1.6 seems ok, I can see that with a Get
> {
> "snapshots" : [ {
> "snapshot" : "kibana\_20160212",
> "version\_id" : 1060099,
> "version" : "1.6.0",
> "indices" : [".kibana"],
> "state" : "SUCCESS",
> "start\_time" : "2016-02-12T14:56:54.308Z",
> "start\_time\_in\_millis" : 1455289014308,
> "end\_time" : "2016-02-12T14:56:54.694Z",
> "end\_time\_in\_millis" : 1455289014694,
> "duration\_in\_millis" : 386,
> "failures" : ,
> "shards" : {
> "total" : 1,
> "failed" : 0,
> "successful" : 1
> }
> } ]
> }
And when I try to make the restore on the new elasticsearch 2.1.1 I have this message.
> {"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"illegal\_state\_exception","reason":"No state match for [SUCCESS]"}],"type":"illegal\_state\_exception","reason":"No state match for [SUCCESS]"},"status":500}
Is it a compatibility problem ? Can I "convert" data, or other thing ?
Thanks for your help
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-indice-from-elasticsearch-1-6-to-2-1-1/41787/2 "2016-02-15T15:59:21Z")
What is the restore command you are calling, can you replicate the entire thing?
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### Author:  [@maxg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maxg)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-indice-from-elasticsearch-1-6-to-2-1-1/41787/3 "2016-02-15T16:22:58Z")
To restore I used
> curl -XPOST '[http://localhost:9200/\_snapshot/my\_backup/kibana\_20160212/\_restore](http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_backup/kibana_20160212/_restore)'
And in the /var/lib/elasticsearch/my\_backup/ I have transfered metada and data files
metadata-kibana\_20160212
snapshot-kibana\_20160212
It's not the same format of naming as in the new version of elasticsearch, but if I change I have an error.
And to make the snapshot on the old elasticsearch I have used
> curl -s -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/\_snapshot/my\_backup/kibana\_20160212](http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_backup/kibana_20160212)'' -d '
> {
> "indices": ".kibana",
> "ignore\_unavailable": "true",
> "include\_global\_state": false
> }'
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-indice-from-elasticsearch-1-6-to-2-1-1/41787/4 "2016-02-15T16:25:53Z")
> [@maxg](#):
>
> And in the /var/lib/elasticsearch/my\_backup/ I have transfered metada and data files
What do you mean by this, transferred from where?
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### Author:  [@maxg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maxg)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-indice-from-elasticsearch-1-6-to-2-1-1/41787/5 "2016-02-16T15:29:11Z")
In fact the snapshot command on the old elasticsearch 1.6 make two files
metadata-kibana\_20160212
snapshot-kibana\_20160212
And I have transfered those two files on the new elasticsearch 2.1.1 into the /var/lib/elasticsearch/my\_backup/ to make the restore.
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### Author:  [@maxg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maxg)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2016, 8:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-indice-from-elasticsearch-1-6-to-2-1-1/41787/6 "2016-02-18T08:41:48Z")
Any idea ?
Is it possible to migrate from 1.6 to 2.1.1 ? or what I try to do is not possible or too complicated ?
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-indice-from-elasticsearch-1-6-to-2-1-1/41787/7 "2016-02-18T14:30:18Z")
Ideally you should just mount the dit which contains all snapshot files on the new machine. Then run the restore.
That being said, are you 100% sure your data are compatible with elasticsearch 2.x?
Did you first try the migration plugin?
How many nodes do you have BTW?
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### Author:  [@maxg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maxg)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2016, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-indice-from-elasticsearch-1-6-to-2-1-1/41787/8 "2016-02-23T10:07:44Z")
Ok thank you, I understand the best practice to use the snapshot.
Hum no I don't know if data from elasticsearch 1.6 are compatible with the 2.x.
I didn't test yet the migration plugin, is it that plugin [elasticsearch-migration](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-migration) ?
I have 3 nodes on the "old" infra using elasticsearch 1.6 and 4 nodes on the new one.
Thanks again for your help and your time.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-indice-from-elasticsearch-1-6-to-2-1-1/41787/9 "2016-02-23T18:30:33Z")
> [@maxg](#):
>
> I didn't test yet the migration plugin, is it that plugin elasticsearch-migration ?
Yes, you should _definitely_ run this before upgrading.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-indice-from-elasticsearch-1-6-to-2-1-1/41787/10 "2017-07-05T23:14:08Z")