# Moving a single snapshot from repo to a different machine?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-a-single-snapshot-from-repo-to-a-different-machine/82856>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 19, 2017, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-a-single-snapshot-from-repo-to-a-different-machine/82856 "2017-04-19T09:40:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![asp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@asp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asp)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-a-single-snapshot-from-repo-to-a-different-machine/82856/1 "2017-04-19T09:40:04Z")

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Hi,

I want to use snapshots to do a daily backup of our .kibana index.  
So I created a repo and created a few snapshots (snapshot\_1, snapshot\_2, snapshot\_3)

Now I would like to export only the latest snapshot to another server / single node instance.  
The filesystem is not human readable. I did not find any folder named like snapshot\_1, etc.

So what's the easiest way to move a specific snapshot from the repo to a different machine?

Thanks, Andreas

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-a-single-snapshot-from-repo-to-a-different-machine/82856/2 "2017-04-19T09:56:57Z")

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You can't.

A snapshot is referencing a set of file which can have been generated by a previous snapshot.

You should create a new repo on the other machine which points to the directory where you stored the snapshots on the first cluster.

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**Author:** ![asp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@asp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asp)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-a-single-snapshot-from-repo-to-a-different-machine/82856/3 "2017-04-19T10:19:34Z")

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ok, thanks,

Than I will try to copy the whole repo. As long only the .kibana index is backed up, it should be small enough.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-a-single-snapshot-from-repo-to-a-different-machine/82856/4 "2017-04-19T12:20:13Z")

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If your are using 5.x then it's easier to use reindex from remote IMO.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-a-single-snapshot-from-repo-to-a-different-machine/82856/5 "2017-04-19T12:29:56Z")

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If your are using 5.x then it's easier to use reindex from remote IMO.

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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 17, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-a-single-snapshot-from-repo-to-a-different-machine/82856/6 "2017-05-17T12:41:26Z")

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