# Snapshot does not exist error on restoring from s3 repository
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-does-not-exist-error-on-restoring-from-s3-repository/73473
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 1, 2017, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-does-not-exist-error-on-restoring-from-s3-repository/73473 "2017-02-01T07:33:29Z")
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### Author:  [@Archit\_Saxena](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Archit_Saxena)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2017, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-does-not-exist-error-on-restoring-from-s3-repository/73473/1 "2017-02-01T07:33:29Z")
I just created a snapshot of a small index on an s3 repository. Now I am trying to restore it and it says that the snapshot was not found.
The snapshot i created was from elasticearch 2.3 and i am trying to restore on elasticsearch 5.1.1. Is there some compatibility issue that i am unaware of?
```
2017-02-01T01:38:32,669][INFO][o.e.r.RepositoriesService] [development] update repository [elasticsearch]
[2017-02-01T01:38:33,552][WARN][o.e.s.RestoreService] [development] [elasticsearch:backupname.17-01-31-1024] failed to restore snapshot
org.elasticsearch.snapshots.SnapshotRestoreException: [elasticsearch:backupname.17-01-31-1024]snapshot does not exist
at org.elasticsearch.snapshots.RestoreService.restoreSnapshot(RestoreService.java:199) [elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
at org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.restore.TransportRestoreSnapshotAction.masterOperation(TransportRestoreSnapshotAction.java:89) [elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
at org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.restore.TransportRestoreSnapshotAction.masterOperation(TransportRestoreSnapshotAction.java:49) [elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
at org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.TransportMasterNodeAction.masterOperation(TransportMasterNodeAction.java:86) [elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
at org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.TransportMasterNodeAction$AsyncSingleAction$3.doRun(TransportMasterNodeAction.java:170) [elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext$ContextPreservingAbstractRunnable.doRun(ThreadContext.java:527) [elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.AbstractRunnable.run(AbstractRunnable.java:37) [elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [?:1.8.0_111]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [?:1.8.0_111]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [?:1.8.0_111]
[2017-02-01T01:38:33,552][WARN][r.suppressed] path: /_snapshot/elasticsearch/backupname.17-01-31-1024/_restore, params: {repository=elasticsearch, wait_for_completion=true, snapshot=backupname.17-01-31-1024}
org.elasticsearch.snapshots.SnapshotRestoreException: [elasticsearch:backupname.17-01-31-1024]snapshot does not exist
at org.elasticsearch.snapshots.RestoreService.restoreSnapshot(RestoreService.java:199) [elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
at org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.restore.TransportRestoreSnapshotAction.masterOperation(TransportRestoreSnapshotAction.java:89) [elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
at org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.restore.TransportRestoreSnapshotAction.masterOperation(TransportRestoreSnapshotAction.java:49) [elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
at org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.TransportMasterNodeAction.masterOperation(TransportMasterNodeAction.java:86) [elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
at org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.TransportMasterNodeAction$AsyncSingleAction$3.doRun(TransportMasterNodeAction.java:170) [elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext$ContextPreservingAbstractRunnable.doRun(ThreadContext.java:527) [elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.AbstractRunnable.run(AbstractRunnable.java:37) [elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [?:1.8.0_111]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [?:1.8.0_111]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [?:1.8.0_111]
```
Also, i can restore the same snapshot on ES 2.3
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2017, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-does-not-exist-error-on-restoring-from-s3-repository/73473/2 "2017-03-01T07:33:55Z")
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