# Snapshot and Restore

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-and-restore/306938>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** slm-snapshot-lifecycle-management, snapshot-and-restore\
**Created:** [June 11, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-and-restore/306938 "2022-06-11T14:31:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-and-restore/306938/5 "2022-06-22T15:44:10Z")

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> [@wonderland14](#):
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> From the Question number 4, does any way/method to be use when Restoring a Snapshot without closing, deleting or renaming the index?

Not possible, you can't restore an index that already exists and is open, you need to user another name for the restored index, if you want to use the same name you need to close the current index or delete the current index .

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