# Snapshot job failed in between a set of indices

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-job-failed-in-between-a-set-of-indices/172898>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 19, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-job-failed-in-between-a-set-of-indices/172898 "2019-03-19T06:00:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Adil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@Adil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Adil)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-job-failed-in-between-a-set-of-indices/172898/1 "2019-03-19T06:00:16Z")

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I want to know will it take a partial snapshot or leave the storage half occupied if the complete stream of snapshot job is terminated half way.

I have my snapshot job failing but found the storage partially filled and no trace found on the /\_snapshot/repo/\_all.

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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:** [April 16, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-job-failed-in-between-a-set-of-indices/172898/2 "2019-04-16T06:00:27Z")

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