# How to take periodic snapshots **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 21, 2014, 10:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-periodic-snapshots/17641 "2014-05-21T10:03:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chetana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dbc845/32.png) [@Chetana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Chetana)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 10:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-periodic-snapshots/17641/1 "2014-05-21T10:03:26Z")
I am using ES 1.1.1 and hdfs as repository type (Hadoop Hortonworks 2.2.2). I need to take snapshot for every half hour. At present, I delete the old snapshot to take the new one to avoid 'snapshot already exists' exception. Is there a way to update a snapshot ?. If available, please provide the java api snippet to do that Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3cdea42b-2b00-4d4d-aa40-cce9255a8564%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3cdea42b-2b00-4d4d-aa40-cce9255a8564%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![vangap](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vangap/32/44927_2.png) [@vangap](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vangap)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 11:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-periodic-snapshots/17641/2 "2014-11-06T11:57:13Z")
Hi, Is there any update on this ? how should the workflow be ? deleting and creating may be a bad idea? you may end up with nothing if it fails after the deletion? On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 3:33:26 PM UTC+5:30, Chetana wrote: > I am using ES 1.1.1 and hdfs as repository type (Hadoop Hortonworks > 2.2.2). I need to take snapshot for every half hour. > > At present, I delete the old snapshot to take the new one to avoid > 'snapshot already exists' exception. Is there a way to update a snapshot ?. > If available, please provide the java api snippet to do that > > Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/959e6975-f688-4473-a7f9-a5b84be7f9c1%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/959e6975-f688-4473-a7f9-a5b84be7f9c1%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-periodic-snapshots/17641/3 "2017-07-06T00:51:51Z")