# Moving snapshot to another machine

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-snapshot-to-another-machine/47502>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 15, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-snapshot-to-another-machine/47502 "2016-04-15T13:26:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mc1392](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@mc1392](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mc1392)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-snapshot-to-another-machine/47502/1 "2016-04-15T13:26:27Z")

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I have a snapshot of my data.  
I'd like to tar up the files and move them elsewhere.

Will that be safe?  
If I just re-create the repository on a new machine, then extract those files there.

Will this break my snapshot?

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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 15, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-snapshot-to-another-machine/47502/2 "2016-04-15T13:47:00Z")

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It should be just fine as long as you keep the exact same structure and the same files...

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**Author:** ![mc1392](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@mc1392](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mc1392)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-snapshot-to-another-machine/47502/3 "2016-04-15T14:52:51Z")

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Hope so.  
I'm hoping there isn't any tight coupling between the snapshot and the repository.

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**Author:** ![mc1392](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@mc1392](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mc1392)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-snapshot-to-another-machine/47502/4 "2016-04-20T15:55:18Z")

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After a series of re-dos, and rebooting, the restore has worked.

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-snapshot-to-another-machine/47502/5 "2017-07-05T22:57:40Z")

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