# Snapshot of Closed Index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-of-closed-index/24550>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 29, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-of-closed-index/24550 "2015-06-29T12:51:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tanveer3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@tanveer3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tanveer3)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-of-closed-index/24550/1 "2015-06-29T12:51:22Z")

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Hi All

Is it possible to take snapshot of closed index also ?

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**Author:** ![Igor\_Motov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/igor_motov/32/45193_2.png) [@Igor\_Motov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Igor_Motov)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-of-closed-index/24550/2 "2015-06-29T17:09:43Z")

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No, the index has to be open and all primary shards for the index has to be started in order to create its snapshot.

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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, 12:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-of-closed-index/24550/3 "2017-07-06T00:04:44Z")

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