# Snapshot name patterns

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-name-patterns/204314>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 19, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-name-patterns/204314 "2019-10-19T15:21:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![wyllys66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f475e1/32.png) [@wyllys66](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wyllys66)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-name-patterns/204314/1 "2019-10-19T15:21:18Z")

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In elasticsearch 7.4.0, I have a snapshot policy that has the snapshot name pattern set to ""\<snapshot-{now/d}\>", however when the snapshots are taken, they have extra characters appended to the name, for example:

> snapshot-2019.10.19-v29uweoos5yvxt5hz2sb7g

Why?

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**Author:** ![Armin\_Braun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/armin_braun/32/20092_2.png) [@Armin\_Braun](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Armin_Braun)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-name-patterns/204314/2 "2019-10-20T13:27:42Z")

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hi @wyllys66

see the SLM documentation at [Put snapshot lifecycle policy API | Elasticsearch Guide [7.4] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.4/slm-api-put.html#slm-api-put-request-body) that states:

> To prevent conflicting snapshot names, a UUID is automatically appended to each snapshot name.

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**Author:** ![wyllys66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f475e1/32.png) [@wyllys66](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wyllys66)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-name-patterns/204314/3 "2019-10-20T13:30:49Z")

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Thanks! I didn't see that before because I setup my snapshot policy through Kibana and not using the REST API directly.

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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:** [November 17, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-name-patterns/204314/4 "2019-11-17T13:30:50Z")

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