# How to move data from ES 5.0 on one server to ES 6.1 on different server?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-move-data-from-es-5-0-on-one-server-to-es-6-1-on-different-server/129039>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 23, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-move-data-from-es-5-0-on-one-server-to-es-6-1-on-different-server/129039 "2018-04-23T06:31:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Madhuri\_Gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Madhuri\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Madhuri_Gupta)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-move-data-from-es-5-0-on-one-server-to-es-6-1-on-different-server/129039/1 "2018-04-23T06:31:43Z")

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Hi ,

can someone please guide on moving data from Elastic search 5.0 version on one server to different server with higher elastic search version 6.1/6.2.

Thanks,  
Madhuri

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**Author:** ![JKhondhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@JKhondhu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JKhondhu)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-move-data-from-es-5-0-on-one-server-to-es-6-1-on-different-server/129039/2 "2018-04-23T13:31:16Z")

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Elasticsearch can usually be upgraded using a Rolling upgrade process so upgrading does not interrupt service. However, you might need to Reindex to upgrade indices created in older versions.

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/restart-upgrade.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/restart-upgrade.html)  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/reindex-upgrade.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/reindex-upgrade.html)

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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:** [May 21, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-move-data-from-es-5-0-on-one-server-to-es-6-1-on-different-server/129039/3 "2018-05-21T13:31:16Z")

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