# \[Kibana 7.17.1\] Index patterns disappear after restoring VM snaphots of ES cluster machines

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-17-1-index-patterns-disappear-after-restoring-vm-snaphots-of-es-cluster-machines/313457
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [September 1, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-17-1-index-patterns-disappear-after-restoring-vm-snaphots-of-es-cluster-machines/313457 "2022-09-01T15:26:08Z")
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### Author: ![gerib](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gerib/32/106584_2.png) [@gerib](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gerib)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-17-1-index-patterns-disappear-after-restoring-vm-snaphots-of-es-cluster-machines/313457/2 "2022-09-26T13:52:19Z")

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See:

- [Is it normal for dashboards, index patterns, etc to disappear after upgrading?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-normal-for-dashboards-index-patterns-etc-to-disappear-after-upgrading/161795)
- [Dashboards and index patterns lost after every upgrade](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboards-and-index-patterns-lost-after-every-upgrade/305155)

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