# Partial snapshot

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/partial-snapshot/377473>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 24, 2025, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/partial-snapshot/377473 "2025-04-24T06:00:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Farheen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b487fb/32.png) [@Farheen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Farheen)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/partial-snapshot/377473/1 "2025-04-24T06:00:59Z")

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Why the snapshots of indices has been created as partially restored?

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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 24, 2025, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/partial-snapshot/377473/2 "2025-04-24T06:14:20Z")

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Not sure I understand the question. Could you elaborate?

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**Author:** ![Farheen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b487fb/32.png) [@Farheen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Farheen)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 6:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/partial-snapshot/377473/3 "2025-04-24T06:28:41Z")

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when the snapshot is been taken and the indices has been created, then the indices should be with the name restored but it is "partially restored"..Why is this so?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/partial-snapshot/377473/4 "2025-04-24T06:31:50Z")

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It would help if you provided more details about what you did up to the point when you got this message. Please also provide the full message and context around where it was received.

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**Author:** ![Farheen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b487fb/32.png) [@Farheen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Farheen)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/partial-snapshot/377473/5 "2025-04-24T07:04:57Z")

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what is the reason of the partial snapshot creation in elk?

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**Author:** ![RainTown](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/raintown/32/140206_2.png) [@RainTown](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RainTown)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/partial-snapshot/377473/6 "2025-04-24T13:17:29Z")

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The question you are posing is just not sufficiently clear.

Christian, a regular poster and often very helpful, including on your other recent forum post, wrote:

> [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](#):
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> Please also provide the full message and context around where it was received.

If you do so, he and others might be able to help.

If you don't, it will be less likely.

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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 24, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/partial-snapshot/377473/7 "2025-04-24T14:03:11Z")

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I think i understand but unsure. So let's throw one answer.

Snapshots are always full backups.  
But internally they are done as partial backups.

This technical optimization does not change the fact that it's a full backup anyway.