# Searchable snapshots - cold phase - not working as expected

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchable-snapshots-cold-phase-not-working-as-expected/282143>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [August 21, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchable-snapshots-cold-phase-not-working-as-expected/282143 "2021-08-21T13:08:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchable-snapshots-cold-phase-not-working-as-expected/282143/2 "2021-08-23T01:44:10Z")

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Please don't create multiple topics on the same question 🙂

> [@Searchable snapshot action - in cold phase restores the index to random data tier instead of only cold data tier](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchable-snapshot-action-in-cold-phase-restores-the-index-to-random-data-tier-instead-of-only-cold-data-tier/282154/2):
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> This suggests you're not using [data tiers](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/data-tiers.html), you're just setting node attributes. You should define your hot tier with node.roles: data\_hot, similarly for warm and cold, then the \_tier\_preference filter will do the right thing.

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