# No to use closing index while performing restore

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-to-use-closing-index-while-performing-restore/307027>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** slm-snapshot-lifecycle-management, snapshot-and-restore\
**Created:** [June 13, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-to-use-closing-index-while-performing-restore/307027 "2022-06-13T12:26:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![wonderland14](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wonderland14/32/102959_2.png) [@wonderland14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wonderland14)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-to-use-closing-index-while-performing-restore/307027/1 "2022-06-13T12:26:45Z")

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Is there any possible way or steps to not close the index while performing restore? If closing is the only way then it makes user life miserable to one by one closing indexes in order to perform restore.

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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:** [June 14, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-to-use-closing-index-while-performing-restore/307027/2 "2022-06-14T01:32:07Z")

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You can use a rename or delete the existing index, but otherwise there's no other way.

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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 12, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-to-use-closing-index-while-performing-restore/307027/3 "2022-07-12T01:32:40Z")

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