# Point in time backups with snapshot and restore
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/point-in-time-backups-with-snapshot-and-restore/21138
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 8, 2014, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/point-in-time-backups-with-snapshot-and-restore/21138 "2014-12-08T10:37:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Vinayak\_Bhosale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vinayak_Bhosale)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2014, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/point-in-time-backups-with-snapshot-and-restore/21138/1 "2014-12-08T10:37:03Z")
Hi All,
I was hoping to that multiple incremental snapshots created using this
mechanism would allow me to go back in time to revert few documents that
got indexed. However what I observed was, if I have 3 incrementally built
snapshots, I can only restore the most recent 3rd snapshot. When I try to
restore an intermediate second one, I get errors in the log file which
suggest an check-sum error. I earlier had compression enabled earlier which
I turned off and tried a fresh set of 3 snapshot. But still I got the same
issue.
So, is what i'm trying to achieve a valid scenario for ES snapshot/restore
mechanism?
I understand, I can do this by taking a full backup on to a different
storage container and get this done, but is there any other recommended way
for this ?
Thanks in advance!
Vinayak
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/point-in-time-backups-with-snapshot-and-restore/21138/2 "2017-07-06T00:45:03Z")