# Snapshot restore across versions?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-restore-across-versions/41218
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 8, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-restore-across-versions/41218 "2016-02-08T19:32:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Megha\_Meshram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Megha\_Meshram](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Megha_Meshram)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-restore-across-versions/41218/1 "2016-02-08T19:32:16Z")

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Is it possible to restore snapshots to a different version of ES cluster? Is this a recommended strategy for doing version upgrades to a standby cluster and using restore snapshots on it?

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-restore-across-versions/41218/2 "2016-02-10T02:11:06Z")

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You can restore a snapshot from an older version to a newer one, but not vice versa.

> [@Megha\_Meshram](#):
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> Is this a recommended strategy for doing version upgrades to a standby cluster and using restore snapshots on it?

It's one of the safest ways to do an upgrade, yes.

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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 5, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-restore-across-versions/41218/3 "2017-07-05T23:17:44Z")

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