# How handle ILM and SLM concurrency?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-handle-ilm-and-slm-concurrency/236430>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** slm-snapshot-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [June 10, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-handle-ilm-and-slm-concurrency/236430 "2020-06-10T00:25:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![johtani](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/johtani/32/44956_2.png) [@johtani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/johtani)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-handle-ilm-and-slm-concurrency/236430/1 "2020-06-10T00:25:09Z")

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During taking Snapshot, we cannot close/delete indices.  
Is there same restriction using ILM and SLM?  
Or ILM and SLM don't run at the same time.

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**Author:** ![johtani](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/johtani/32/44956_2.png) [@johtani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/johtani)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-handle-ilm-and-slm-concurrency/236430/2 "2020-07-08T00:25:11Z")

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Closed on July 8, 2020, 12:25am UTC

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