# Snapshot exception

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-exception/1797>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 3, 2015, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-exception/1797 "2015-06-03T05:31:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Rams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbce88/32.png) [@Rams](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rams)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-exception/1797/1 "2015-06-03T05:31:12Z")

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i am trying to take snapshot for every 5 min (ex: 5th min, 10th min, 15th min, 20th min ...), it works fine but some times it giving error

ConcurrentSnapshotExecutionException[[MyBackup:my\_snapshot\_2015-06-03-05-21] a snapshot is already running

i am using elasticsearch 1.2.2 . please help me what is the problem...?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 5:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-exception/1797/2 "2015-06-03T05:48:18Z")

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The previous Snapshot operation is still running.  
You should check it first or ignore this error.

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**Author:** ![Rams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbce88/32.png) [@Rams](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rams)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-exception/1797/3 "2015-06-03T09:13:35Z")

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thanks david. i stopped the previous snapshot

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Wee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ea924/32.png) [@Jason\_Wee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jason_Wee)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-exception/1797/4 "2015-06-03T14:23:09Z")

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or you can check if there is any snapshot that is currently running [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html#\_snapshot\_status](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html#_snapshot_status)

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-exception/1797/5 "2017-07-06T00:09:52Z")

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