# Recovery multiple Snapshots for one Index **URL:** \ **Category:** Elastic Stack\ **Created:** [June 10, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recovery-multiple-snapshots-for-one-index/236447 "2020-06-10T07:11:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![azeiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19b73/32.png) [@azeiner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/azeiner)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recovery-multiple-snapshots-for-one-index/236447/1 "2020-06-10T07:11:15Z")
Hi there We've got the following (not very optimal) situation: 1 Node with 6 Indices on this Node Snapshots are done every 3-4 Month All data older than 2 Month is deleted from all indices What we would like to do is: Restore one Index in full on another node for reporting purposes My questsion - how can this be done? We've tried multiple approaches but when trying to restore an already restored index e.g. restored index-1 from snapshot5.5.20202 \> 15 GB index-1 to be restored from snapshot 5.3.20202 \> 11GB we get the error "the index is open" and from what i understand - snapshots are done incremental ... so how could i restore an index in full on one node then? Or what is a best practice in this case? kind regards Andy ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 8:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recovery-multiple-snapshots-for-one-index/236447/2 "2022-11-04T08:01:52Z")