# Snapshot automation - ES Version 5.2

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-automation-es-version-5-2/256386>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 23, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-automation-es-version-5-2/256386 "2020-11-23T18:14:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![chateesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@chateesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chateesh)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-automation-es-version-5-2/256386/1 "2020-11-23T18:14:09Z")

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Hi Team,

I'm trying to automate snapshots creation and deletion using "snapshot life cycle management", how ever when I tried to run create slm policy using API POST \_slm/policy, I'm getting error as below

`{"error":{"root_cause":[{"type":"invalid_index_name_exception","reason":"Invalid index name [_slm], must not start with '_', '-', or '+'","index_uuid":"_na_","index":"_slm"}],"type":"invalid_index_name_exception","reason":"Invalid index name [_slm], must not start with '_', '-', or '+'","index_uuid":"_na_","index":"_slm"},"status":400}`

ES version 5.2 supports Snapshot automation using "slm"?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-automation-es-version-5-2/256386/2 "2020-11-23T18:17:35Z")

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No, Snapshot Lifecycle Management was added in Elasticsearch 7.4, so is not available in earlier versions. You could potentially use Curator though.

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**Author:** ![chateesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@chateesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chateesh)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-automation-es-version-5-2/256386/3 "2020-11-23T18:23:06Z")

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Hi Christain,

Thank you

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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:** [November 23, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-automation-es-version-5-2/256386/4 "2020-11-23T21:58:29Z")

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FYI 5.X is [EOL](https://www.elastic.co/support/eol), please upgrade ASAP.

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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:** [December 21, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-automation-es-version-5-2/256386/5 "2020-12-21T21:58:42Z")

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