# Schedule ElasticSearch 6.1.2 snapshots **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 13, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/schedule-elasticsearch-6-1-2-snapshots/267154 "2021-03-13T17:23:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mwise29](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@mwise29](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mwise29)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/schedule-elasticsearch-6-1-2-snapshots/267154/1 "2021-03-13T17:23:58Z")
We have an older ElasticSearch cluster that is currently running version 6.1.2. I noticed it didn't have any snapshots of the data. SLM isn't supported with that version so I was wondering how snapshots could be scheduled with this version and if there was a way to only maintain a limited number of snapshots like the SLM technology. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2021, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/schedule-elasticsearch-6-1-2-snapshots/267154/2 "2021-03-14T09:20:24Z")
Maybe you can use [curator](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/current/about.html), but really 6.1.2 is incredibly old, it was released over 3 years ago so that's 3 years of improvements and new features on which you're missing out. It's long past [EOL](https://www.elastic.co/support/eol), you should upgrade as a matter of urgency. ---
**Author:** ![mwise29](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@mwise29](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mwise29)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/schedule-elasticsearch-6-1-2-snapshots/267154/3 "2021-03-14T16:15:19Z")
Thanks for information. When I looked that up it said the maximum version that supports it is 5.8. Is that true? If so do you know of another way to do this? We also have a cluster running version 7.8 and have almost everything migrated to it. There's just a couple of stragglers that will be running on our 6.2 cluster for a couple more months. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/schedule-elasticsearch-6-1-2-snapshots/267154/4 "2021-03-14T16:39:18Z")
> [@mwise29](#): > > When I looked that up it said the maximum version that supports it is 5.8. Version 5.8 of Elasticsearch doesn't exist, I think that's the Curator version number. > [@mwise29](#): > > There's just a couple of stragglers that will be running on our 6.2 cluster for a couple more months. IMO your energy would be better spent on migrating off the old cluster sooner, rather than setting up some fancy snapshot retention policy for just a couple of months. It'd probably save time to delete the old snapshots manually every day or so. ---
**Author:** ![mwise29](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@mwise29](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mwise29)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/schedule-elasticsearch-6-1-2-snapshots/267154/5 "2021-03-14T16:56:28Z")
Good ideas. Thanks for your help. I greatly appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/schedule-elasticsearch-6-1-2-snapshots/267154/6 "2021-04-11T16:56:58Z")
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