# NullPointerException during snapshot **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 8, 2014, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nullpointerexception-during-snapshot/19659 "2014-09-08T09:53:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alastair\_James](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alastair_james/32/1180_2.png) [@Alastair\_James](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alastair_James)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nullpointerexception-during-snapshot/19659/1 "2014-09-08T09:53:24Z")
Hi there. I recently had a snapshot (ec2 plugin to s3) fail on one shard with a NullPointerException. Unfortunately I did not keep the exact error message. However, I tried the snapshot again and it worked fine. So my question is: Is the snapshot data now in a consistent state? Did the one failed shard snapshot cause me to loose data or did that shard catch up on next snapshot? Cheers -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/8cfb63a6-6b7e-410d-bf98-c212a4d42517%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/8cfb63a6-6b7e-410d-bf98-c212a4d42517%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Alastair\_James](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alastair_james/32/1180_2.png) [@Alastair\_James](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alastair_James)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nullpointerexception-during-snapshot/19659/2 "2014-09-09T13:58:08Z")
Wondering if anyone has any input on this? On Monday, 8 September 2014 10:53:24 UTC+1, Alastair James wrote: > Hi there. > > I recently had a snapshot (ec2 plugin to s3) fail on one shard with a > NullPointerException. Unfortunately I did not keep the exact error message. > > However, I tried the snapshot again and it worked fine. So my question is: > Is the snapshot data now in a consistent state? Did the one failed shard > snapshot cause me to loose data or did that shard catch up on next snapshot? > > Cheers -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9a16c52e-cb3a-4c64-938a-e9f3e063f614%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9a16c52e-cb3a-4c64-938a-e9f3e063f614%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nullpointerexception-during-snapshot/19659/3 "2017-07-06T01:03:43Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 1:03am UTC