# Index backup in elasticsearch cluster
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-backup-in-elasticsearch-cluster/148488
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 13, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-backup-in-elasticsearch-cluster/148488 "2018-09-13T17:22:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@aliyesami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aliyesami)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-backup-in-elasticsearch-cluster/148488/1 "2018-09-13T17:22:06Z")
I am trying to backup an index in a 5 node elastic cluster but its failing . The directories are there but it seems it wants a shared folder among all the cluster nodes?
[elasticsearch@hadoop5 logs]$ curl -XPUT 'hadoop1:9200/\_snapshot/pa\_acct\_bck' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{
> "type":"fs",
> "indices":"pa\_acct",
> "ignore\_unavailable":"true",
> "include\_global\_state":"false",
> "settings":{
> "location":"pa\_acct",
> "compress":"true"
> }
> }'
> {"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"repository\_verification\_exception","reason":"[pa\_acct\_bck] [[KGSXx4blQFmBsORiP8ZB2g, 'RemoteTransportException[[hadoop2][10.100.44.16:9300][internal:admin/repository/verify]]; nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[pa\_acct\_bck] a file written by master to the store [/u01/elastic/es\_backup/pa\_acct] cannot be accessed on the node [{hadoop2}{KGSXx4blQFmBsORiP8ZB2g}{cAJ9mafARnm6dV\_vFm0YtQ}{hadoop2}{10.100.44.16:9300}{ml.machine\_memory=12626190336, xpack.installed=true, ml.max\_open\_jobs=20, ml.enabled=true}]. This might indicate that the store [/u01/elastic/es\_backup/pa\_acct] is not shared between this node and the master node or that permissions on the store don't allow reading files written by the master node];'], [YVw8QqIPTnu-uSGAgoPPwg, 'RemoteTransportException[[hadoop4][10.100.44.18:9300][internal:admin/repository/verify]]; nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[pa\_acct\_bck] a file written by master to the store [/u01/elastic/es\_backup/pa\_acct] cannot be accessed on the node [{hadoop4}{YVw8QqIPTnu-uSGAgoPPwg}{wAsGvPnBQdWvjRVH\_rigAw}{hadoop4}{10.100.44.18:9300}{ml.machine\_memory=12491927552, xpack.installed=true, ml.max\_open\_jobs=20, ml.enabled=true}]. This might indicate that the store [/u01/elastic/es\_backup/pa\_acct] is not shared between this node and the master node or that permissions on the store don't allow reading files written by the master node];'], [6jaRyT9SSCCBMKAR4jw6rw, 'RemoteTransportException[[hadoop3][10.100.44.19:9300][internal:admin/repository/verify]]; nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[pa\_acct\_bck] a file written by master to the store [/u01/elastic/es\_backup/pa\_acct] cannot be accessed on the node [{hadoop3}{6jaRyT9SSCCBMKAR4jw6rw}{PPzZkpnrSQOBMPTjj0PONA}{hadoop3}{10.100.44.19:9300}{ml.machine\_memory=12491927552, xpack.installed=true, ml.max\_open\_jobs=20, ml.enabled=true}]. This might indicate that the store [/u01/elastic/es\_backup/pa\_acct] is not shared between this node and the master node or that permissions on the store don't allow reading files written by the master node];'], [5S-zehHQSO6OpIncrOfGlg, 'RemoteTransportException[[hadoop5][10.100.44.20:9300][internal:admin/repository/verify]]; nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[pa\_acct\_bck] a file written by master to the store [/u01/elastic/es\_backup/pa\_acct] cannot be accessed on the node [{hadoop5}{5S-zehHQSO6OpIncrOfGlg}{pqumIo2tQXKMtpuorTMo0Q}{hadoop5}{10.100.44.20:9300}{ml.machine\_memory=12491927552, xpack.installed=true, ml.max\_open\_jobs=20, ml.enabled=true}]. This might indicate that the store [/u01/elastic/es\_backup/pa\_acct] is not shared between this node and the master node or that permissions on the store don't allow reading files written by the master node];']]"}],"type":"repository\_verification\_exception","reason":"[pa\_acct\_bck] [[KGSXx4blQFmBsORiP8ZB2g, 'RemoteTransportException[[hadoop2][10.100.44.16:9300][internal:admin/repository/verify]]; nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[pa\_acct\_bck] a file written by master to the store [/u01/elastic/es\_backup/pa\_acct] cannot be accessed on the node [{hadoop2}{KGSXx4blQFmBsORiP8ZB2g}{cAJ9mafARnm6dV\_vFm0YtQ}{hadoop2}{10.100.44.16:9300}{ml.machine\_memory=12626190336, xpack.installed=true, ml.max\_open\_jobs=20, ml.enabled=true}]. This might indicate that the store [/u01/elastic/es\_backup/pa\_acct] is not shared between this node and the master node or that permissions on the store don't allow reading files written by the master node];'], [YVw8QqIPTnu-uSGAgoPPwg, 'RemoteTransportException[[hadoop4][10.100.44.18:9300][internal:admin/repository/verify]]; nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[pa\_acct\_bck] a file written by master to the store [/u01/elastic/es\_backup/pa\_acct] cannot be accessed on the node [{hadoop4}{YVw8QqIPTnu-uSGAgoPPwg}{wAsGvPnBQdWvjRVH\_rigAw}{hadoop4}{10.100.44.18:9300}{ml.machine\_memory=12491927552, xpack.installed=true, ml.max\_open\_jobs=20, ml.enabled=true}]. This might indicate that the store [/u01/elastic/es\_backup/pa\_acct] is not shared between this node and the master node or that permissions on the store don't allow reading files written by the master node];'], [6jaRyT9SSCCBMKAR4jw6rw, 'RemoteTransportException[[hadoop3][10.100.44.19:9300][internal:admin/repository/verify]]; nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[pa\_acct\_bck] a file written by master to the store [/u01/elastic/es\_backup/pa\_acct] cannot be accessed on the node [{hadoop3}{6jaRyT9SSCCBMKAR4jw6rw}{PPzZkpnrSQOBMPTjj0PONA}{hadoop3}{10.100.44.19:9300}{ml.machine\_memory=12491927552, xpack.installed=true, ml.max\_open\_jobs=20, ml.enabled=true}]. This might indicate that the store [/u01/elastic/es\_backup/pa\_acct] is not shared between this node and the master node or that permissions on the store don't allow reading files written by the master node];'], [5S-zehHQSO6OpIncrOfGlg, 'RemoteTransportException[[hadoop5][10.100.44.20:9300][internal:admin/repository/verify]]; nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[pa\_acct\_bck] a file written by master to the store [/u01/elastic/es\_backup/pa\_acct] cannot be accessed on the node [{hadoop5}{5S-zehHQSO6OpIncrOfGlg}{pqumIo2tQXKMtpuorTMo0Q}{hadoop5}{10.100.44.20:9300}{ml.machine\_memory=12491927552, xpack.installed=true, ml.max\_open\_jobs=20, ml.enabled=true}]. This might indicate that the store [/u01/elastic/es\_backup/pa\_acct] is not shared between this node and the master node or that permissions on the store don't allow reading files written by the master node];']]"},"status":500}[elasticsearch@hadoop5 logs]$
> [elasticsearch@hadoop5 logs]$
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### Author:  [@aliyesami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aliyesami)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-backup-in-elasticsearch-cluster/148488/2 "2018-09-13T18:37:08Z")
ok I found out it needs a nfs mounted share... I created it .
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-backup-in-elasticsearch-cluster/148488/3 "2018-10-11T18:37:21Z")
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