# Snapshot and restore to move indexes

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-and-restore-to-move-indexes/232854
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 15, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-and-restore-to-move-indexes/232854 "2020-05-15T16:56:41Z")
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### Author: ![chiara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/db5fbb/32.png) [@chiara](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chiara)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-and-restore-to-move-indexes/232854/1 "2020-05-15T16:56:41Z")

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I have 2 ELK cluster. Every x days I would like to take a snapshot of some indexes (based on date, for example indexes of previous month) in first cluster and restore them in second remote cluster. Can I dynamically select indexes to take snapshot? I need to schedule it. It is for logs data.  
On May I need to move April-indexes to the remote cluster. Is snapshot&restore the best option?

Thanks in advance

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-and-restore-to-move-indexes/232854/2 "2020-06-12T16:56:42Z")

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