# Snapshots with a shard failure

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshots-with-a-shard-failure/315838>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** snapshot-and-restore\
**Created:** [October 5, 2022, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshots-with-a-shard-failure/315838 "2022-10-05T06:03:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Nicolaegis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Nicolaegis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nicolaegis)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshots-with-a-shard-failure/315838/1 "2022-10-05T06:03:46Z")

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Hello,

I would like to know if a snapshot with a failed shard can be retried without restarting the whole process.

Thank you

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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:** [October 6, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshots-with-a-shard-failure/315838/2 "2022-10-06T03:10:05Z")

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There is no retry, so you would need to run the entire snapshot again unfortunately.

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**Author:** ![Nicolaegis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Nicolaegis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nicolaegis)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshots-with-a-shard-failure/315838/3 "2022-10-06T09:24:37Z")

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Hello,

Understood, but is possible to restore a partial snapshot and what are the consequences of this?

Thank you

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**Author:** ![FALEN](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/falen/32/82754_2.png) [@FALEN](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/FALEN)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshots-with-a-shard-failure/315838/4 "2022-10-06T11:35:31Z")

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Hi,  
There is an option to select indices manually within restore screen, have you tried deleting "RED" indices and try to restore them again using different snapshot?

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**Author:** ![Nicolaegis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Nicolaegis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nicolaegis)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshots-with-a-shard-failure/315838/5 "2022-10-06T12:33:15Z")

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Hello,

The thing is I have a huge index (~10 TB) that was snapshotted with partial status (1 shard out of 60 failed, replica set to 1). What I am getting into if I attempt a restore it?

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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 3, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshots-with-a-shard-failure/315838/6 "2022-11-03T12:33:16Z")

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