# Repository error is generated while creating snapshot

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/repository-error-is-generated-while-creating-snapshot/186209>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 18, 2019, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/repository-error-is-generated-while-creating-snapshot/186209 "2019-06-18T09:17:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/repository-error-is-generated-while-creating-snapshot/186209/2 "2019-06-18T09:32:13Z")

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Does this help?

> [@Unable to register NFS for snapshot](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-register-nfs-for-snapshot/186026/2):
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> NFS permission issues are often because the Elasticsearch process is not running as the same numerical UID or GID on each node, without compensating for this in the NFS configuration, meaning that when one node creates a subdirectory of the repository it is not possible for the other nodes to modify it. That is the first thing I would check.

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