# Name saved in disk when taking snapshot

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/name-saved-in-disk-when-taking-snapshot/260429>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 7, 2021, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/name-saved-in-disk-when-taking-snapshot/260429 "2021-01-07T10:50:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![khzied](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/khzied/32/68486_2.png) [@khzied](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/khzied)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/name-saved-in-disk-when-taking-snapshot/260429/1 "2021-01-07T10:50:37Z")

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Hello,

I have Elasticsearch 5.6 and I have a question when making snapshot:  
it's possible to find the same name of directory like index name after making snap.  
Now the directory generated is random name like this lMTVcGo4Q6ik7XlEmmMndg.  
before with previous version of elastic it was significant name for example customer-1.

```auto
    PUT /_snapshot/msh_repository/test04?wait_for_completion=true{
      "indices": "customer-1",
    }

```

when check in hard disk/bucket:

```auto
ls indices
lMTVcGo4Q6ik7XlEmmMndg

```

preferred result:

```auto
ls indices
customer-1

```

Hope my question is clear.  
Many thanks

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/name-saved-in-disk-when-taking-snapshot/260429/2 "2021-01-07T21:34:22Z")

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It's deliberate that the directory names don't line up with index names. You should not be looking at the contents of the repository, it contains no user-serviceable parts.

Also version 5.6 was released over 3 years ago and has long passed [EOL](https://www.elastic.co/support/eol). It's really old and there have been a lot of improvements and bug fixes in the meantime. You should upgrade as a matter of some urgency.

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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:** [February 4, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/name-saved-in-disk-when-taking-snapshot/260429/3 "2021-02-04T21:34:26Z")

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