# Kibana aliases conflicting when restoring a snapshot

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-aliases-conflicting-when-restoring-a-snapshot/295390>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** snapshot-and-restore\
**Created:** [January 25, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-aliases-conflicting-when-restoring-a-snapshot/295390 "2022-01-25T19:10:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![oskrdt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/oskrdt/32/67457_2.png) [@oskrdt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/oskrdt)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-aliases-conflicting-when-restoring-a-snapshot/295390/1 "2022-01-25T19:10:30Z")

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I'm trying to restore a snapshot created on a Elastic Stack cluster version 7.9.1 into another cluster version 7.14.0, but it seems the restore action is corrupting the indexes and after the attempt I'm not longer able to open kibana.  
When the restore process is in progress I get the following message when I try to access kibana

```auto
{"statusCode":400,"error":"Bad Request","message":"[alias [.kibana] has more than one index associated with it [.kibana_7.14.0_001, .kibana_1], can't execute a single index op: illegal_argument_exception: [illegal_argument_exception] Reason: alias [.kibana] has more than one index associated with it [.kibana_7.14.0_001, .kibana_1], can't execute a single index op]: alias [.kibana] has more than one index associated with it [.kibana_7.14.0_001, .kibana_1], can't execute a single index op"}

```

and after the restore is complete, I only get the following message when trying to access kibana

```auto
{"statusCode":500,"error":"Internal Server Error","message":"An internal server error occurred."}

```

I have tried several scenarios on the restore options starting in a clean environment but I just get the same result.

Am I missing any previous steps or doing something wrong?

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**Author:** ![oskrdt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/oskrdt/32/67457_2.png) [@oskrdt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/oskrdt)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-aliases-conflicting-when-restoring-a-snapshot/295390/2 "2022-01-31T16:07:56Z")

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Any suggestions what can I try?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-aliases-conflicting-when-restoring-a-snapshot/295390/3 "2022-02-01T00:08:25Z")

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When you do a restore, did you try excluding system indices - [Restore a snapshot | Elasticsearch Guide [7.16] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.16/snapshots-restore-snapshot.html#restore-exclude-system-indices)

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**Author:** ![oskrdt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/oskrdt/32/67457_2.png) [@oskrdt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/oskrdt)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 5:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-aliases-conflicting-when-restoring-a-snapshot/295390/4 "2022-02-01T05:16:20Z")

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But that would exclude `.kibana` index, which would miss all the Kibana objects, isn't it?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 5:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-aliases-conflicting-when-restoring-a-snapshot/295390/5 "2022-02-01T05:17:56Z")

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It would, so if you want to use the snapshotted one you need to delete the one in the cluster, or use rename.

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**Author:** ![oskrdt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/oskrdt/32/67457_2.png) [@oskrdt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/oskrdt)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-aliases-conflicting-when-restoring-a-snapshot/295390/6 "2022-02-01T05:31:05Z")

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So, should I try deleting the `.kibana` index and then restore the snapshot?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 5:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-aliases-conflicting-when-restoring-a-snapshot/295390/7 "2022-02-01T05:33:03Z")

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As long as you don't have anything in there you need (or you have a backup).

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**Author:** ![oskrdt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/oskrdt/32/67457_2.png) [@oskrdt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/oskrdt)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-aliases-conflicting-when-restoring-a-snapshot/295390/8 "2022-02-01T16:49:50Z")

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Clearing all indices before restoring the snapshot worked!  
Thank you for the suggestion @warkolm!

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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:** [March 1, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-aliases-conflicting-when-restoring-a-snapshot/295390/9 "2022-03-01T16:50:26Z")

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