# Restoring an index in an Ubuntu VirtualBox (stuck \_restore) **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 25, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restoring-an-index-in-an-ubuntu-virtualbox-stuck--restore/76475 "2017-02-25T10:51:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![guilherme\_maranhao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guilherme_maranhao/32/101483_2.png) [@guilherme\_maranhao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/guilherme_maranhao)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restoring-an-index-in-an-ubuntu-virtualbox-stuck--restore/76475/1 "2017-02-25T10:51:22Z")
Hi everyone, I have created a snapshot from my index (26Gb) in a MAC OSX. I have an Ubuntu virtual machine running on a external HD with 300Gb. I have shared the MAC's backup folder with the Ubuntu VM gave the VM user all the rights to access it in /media/sf\_shared\_backup. Then, I created a backup in my VM elasticsearch as follows: ``` PUT 192.168.56.101:9200/_snapshot/my_backup { "type": "fs", "settings": { "location": "/media/sf_shared_backup", "compress": true } } ``` The shared folder in Ubuntu contains all the index data (26Gb). But when I execute `POST http://192.168.56.101:9200/_snapshot/my_backup/2017-02-24/_restore` Just the index mapping is created! `GET http://192.168.56.101:9200/_snapshot/my_backup/2017-02-24/_status` returns DONE to all shards, but `http://192.168.56.101:9200/delfos_index_homologacao/_stats` returns total = 0 documents created. Besides that, the elasticsearch in the VM machine doesn't show any error message! Is there anything I am missing in this process? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![guilherme\_maranhao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guilherme_maranhao/32/101483_2.png) [@guilherme\_maranhao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/guilherme_maranhao)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restoring-an-index-in-an-ubuntu-virtualbox-stuck--restore/76475/2 "2017-02-25T15:14:49Z")
Instead of sharing the backup folder, I've made a scp and copy all the snapshot to Ubuntu VM. And unfortunately, anything changed. Trying to clear a little.... `GET http://192.168.56.101:9200/_snapshot/my_backup/2017-02-24/_status` ``` { "snapshots": [ { "snapshot": "2017-02-24", "repository": "my_backup", "uuid": "gl7LdKEaTRGYiTBqdGOC1w", "state": "SUCCESS", "shards_stats": { "initializing": 0, "started": 0, "finalizing": 0, "done": 5, "failed": 0, "total": 5 }, "stats": { "number_of_files": 355, "processed_files": 355, "total_size_in_bytes": 26070261182, "processed_size_in_bytes": 26070261182, "start_time_in_millis": 1487988320390, "time_in_millis": 2296874 }, "indices": { "delfos_index_homologacao": { "shards_stats": { "initializing": 0, "started": 0, "finalizing": 0, "done": 5, "failed": 0, "total": 5 }, "stats": { "number_of_files": 355, "processed_files": 355, "total_size_in_bytes": 26070261182, "processed_size_in_bytes": 26070261182, "start_time_in_millis": 1487988320390, "time_in_millis": 2296874 }, "shards": { "0": { "stage": "DONE", "stats": { "number_of_files": 60, "processed_files": 60, "total_size_in_bytes": 5173044592, "processed_size_in_bytes": 5173044592, "start_time_in_millis": 1487988320390, "time_in_millis": 949568 } }, "1": { "stage": "DONE", "stats": { "number_of_files": 70, "processed_files": 70, "total_size_in_bytes": 5515142542, "processed_size_in_bytes": 5515142542, "start_time_in_millis": 1487988320390, "time_in_millis": 965197 } }, "2": { "stage": "DONE", "stats": { "number_of_files": 88, "processed_files": 88, "total_size_in_bytes": 5092188255, "processed_size_in_bytes": 5092188255, "start_time_in_millis": 1487989285675, "time_in_millis": 876054 } }, "3": { "stage": "DONE", "stats": { "number_of_files": 66, "processed_files": 66, "total_size_in_bytes": 5133919859, "processed_size_in_bytes": 5133919859, "start_time_in_millis": 1487990090893, "time_in_millis": 526371 } }, "4": { "stage": "DONE", "stats": { "number_of_files": 71, "processed_files": 71, "total_size_in_bytes": 5155965934, "processed_size_in_bytes": 5155965934, "start_time_in_millis": 1487989270189, "time_in_millis": 820607 } } } } } } ] } ``` As you can see, it seems the \_restore process has already finished, but `GET http://192.168.56.101:9200/delfos_index_homologacao/_stats` returns ``` { "_shards": { "total": 10, "successful": 0, "failed": 0 }, "_all": { "primaries": {}, "total": {} }, "indices": {} } ``` And when I try to delete the snapshot, I've just got the following exception: `DELETE http://192.168.56.101:9200/_snapshot/my_backup/2017-02-24/` ``` { "error": { "root_cause": [ { "type": "concurrent_snapshot_execution_exception", "reason": "[my_backup:2017-02-24/gl7LdKEaTRGYiTBqdGOC1w] cannot delete snapshot during a restore" } ], "type": "concurrent_snapshot_execution_exception", "reason": "[my_backup:2017-02-24/gl7LdKEaTRGYiTBqdGOC1w] cannot delete snapshot during a restore" }, "status": 503 } ``` Is it still running or not? Is it stuck? But why did I get a SUCESS on \_snapshot \_status method?? I didn't restore it using wait\_for\_completion.... So, it's being very hard to figure out what is going on here. Does anybody can give a hint? Thanks a lot, Guilherme ---
**Author:** ![guilherme\_maranhao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guilherme_maranhao/32/101483_2.png) [@guilherme\_maranhao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/guilherme_maranhao)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restoring-an-index-in-an-ubuntu-virtualbox-stuck--restore/76475/3 "2017-02-25T15:35:18Z")
Thank you guys, but everything is ok now! I don't know why the \_status method returned SUCCESS before the shards have all documents allocated. But anyway, it's working as expected! Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restoring-an-index-in-an-ubuntu-virtualbox-stuck--restore/76475/4 "2017-03-25T15:35:18Z")
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