# Snapshot between 5.4.x versions
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-between-5-4-x-versions/100193
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 12, 2017, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-between-5-4-x-versions/100193 "2017-09-12T10:07:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@magrossi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magrossi)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2017, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-between-5-4-x-versions/100193/1 "2017-09-12T10:07:10Z")
Hi,
I have a 5.4.1 Elastic cluster that takes snapshots for backup. In case of a disaster (ie. our current cloud provider goes offline) we would need to quickly move to a different cloud provider. I'm looking into moving to AWS in case of such disasters temporarily until the main cloud infrastructure get's back online, in which case I will have to transfer back whatever new data was brought up into the temporary database. Using Elastic cloud I only have the option of picking version 5.4.3 of Elastic, and I know I can't restore a snapshot created with 5.4.1 into a 5.3 cluster (tested with the official AWS Elastic Service). Therefore, I ask:
What would be best way to restore the database from 5.4.3 into my primary 5.4.1 cluster? Should I use a remote re-index feature to merge my temporary databases documents to my permanent database as opposed to using a restore?
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2017, 10:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-between-5-4-x-versions/100193/2 "2017-09-12T10:33:54Z")
Do you mean index, not database?
How do you manage application writes to the cluster at the moment? Do you need to manually point your app to the fall back cluster?
> [@magrossi](#):
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> the official AWS Elastic Service
That's only AWS official by the way, we have nothing to do with it 🙂
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### Author:  [@magrossi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magrossi)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2017, 10:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-between-5-4-x-versions/100193/3 "2017-09-12T10:48:38Z")
Hi,
Thanks for your quick reply.
> [@warkolm](#):
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> How do you manage application writes to the cluster at the moment? Do you need to manually point your app to the fall back cluster?
Yes, we will need to manually re-wire the application to point to the new cluster as this process is just in case of a catastrophic failure -- let's say a meteor falls down on our data center or someone pulls a network cable out and leaves for the weekend 😛
> [@warkolm](#):
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> That's only AWS official by the way, we have nothing to do with it 🙂
Yes, the AWS official service 😊
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-between-5-4-x-versions/100193/4 "2017-09-12T22:34:51Z")
> [@magrossi](#):
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> know I can't restore a snapshot created with 5.4.1 into a 5.3 cluster
You can go the other way though, so 5.3 into 5.4/5/6.
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### Author:  [@magrossi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magrossi)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2017, 8:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-between-5-4-x-versions/100193/5 "2017-09-13T08:52:45Z")
Hi,
I am aware I can move from my previous version cluster to a newer release cluster. My question was, how do I go back from a new version to an older one? I wouldn't want to be forced to upgrade my cluster just to get the data back.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2017, 10:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-between-5-4-x-versions/100193/6 "2017-09-13T10:00:31Z")
You can't.
Maybe look at leveraging Elastic Cloud on GCP, which we just announced?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2017, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-between-5-4-x-versions/100193/7 "2017-10-11T10:06:06Z")
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