# Handling repository snapshots

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/handling-repository-snapshots/126343>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 1, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/handling-repository-snapshots/126343 "2018-04-01T01:08:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Igor\_Motov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/igor_motov/32/45193_2.png) [@Igor\_Motov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Igor_Motov)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/handling-repository-snapshots/126343/2 "2018-04-06T14:22:16Z")

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You need to treat entire repository as a whole, because many files are shared between different snapshots. If you want to move the repository somewhere else, you would need to move all files in this repository.

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