# Stopping a snapshot **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 19, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stopping-a-snapshot/23650 "2015-05-19T21:32:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![natefox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/natefox/32/44821_2.png) [@natefox](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/natefox)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stopping-a-snapshot/23650/1 "2015-05-19T21:32:58Z")
We do nightly snapshots to S3. They normally take ~2hrs. I have one that has been running for 4 days now. I've tried to stop it with this command: time curl -XDELETE -s localhost:9200/\_snapshot/sim-s3-backup/sim-autobackup\_2015-05-15/?pretty However, even that command hangs. So I let it run for a while, here's the full output: time curl -XDELETE -s localhost:9200/\_snapshot/sim-s3-backup/sim-autobackup\_2015-05-15/?pretty ^C real 1544m19.284s user 0m0.508s sys 0m2.580s Is there any other way to get this snapshot to stop? For reference, this is the output of the status: curl -XGET -s localhost:9200/\_snapshot/sim-s3-backup/sim-autobackup\_2015-05-15/?pretty { "snapshots" : [ { "snapshot" : "sim-autobackup\_2015-05-15", "indices" : [ "7199", "7399", "7299", "7499", "7599", "6202085", "6202082", "6202083", "8099", "6202059", "6202055", "5099", "5299", "5199", "6202076", "6202075", "6202078", "6202077", "6202079", "5899", "6202071", "6202073", "5699", "40061", "40064", "40065", "5599", "6201572", "3001", "3002", "3008", "3007", "3006", "3005", "5999", "6202044", "6202018", "6202013", "10109", "10009", "6099", "70005", "6201266", "6199", "6299", "10309", "10409", "10609", "10509", "7099", "6799", "6899", "40054", "40057", "40055", "40056", "6202068", "6202067", "6202060", "6699" ], "state" : "IN\_PROGRESS", "start\_time" : "2015-05-16T09:30:06.303Z", "start\_time\_in\_millis" : 1431768606303, "failures" : [], "shards" : { "total" : 0, "failed" : 0, "successful" : 0 } } ] } I just want to stop it somehow. I can then delete it or re-run a new snapshot and get today's date on it. ## -- Please update your bookmarks! We have moved to [https://discuss.elastic.co/](https://discuss.elastic.co/) You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3533af43-ec99-4960-afbf-16cab0f12d35%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3533af43-ec99-4960-afbf-16cab0f12d35%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![natefox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/natefox/32/44821_2.png) [@natefox](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/natefox)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stopping-a-snapshot/23650/2 "2015-05-24T00:06:06Z")
For anyone in googleland with the same problem, I 'solved' it by restarting each node one-by-one. No downtime and eventually the snapshot failed. On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 2:32:58 PM UTC-7, Nate Fox wrote: > We do nightly snapshots to S3. They normally take ~2hrs. I have one that > has been running for 4 days now. > I've tried to stop it with this command: > time curl -XDELETE -s > localhost:9200/\_snapshot/sim-s3-backup/sim-autobackup\_2015-05-15/?pretty > > However, even that command hangs. So I let it run for a while, here's the > full output: > time curl -XDELETE -s > localhost:9200/\_snapshot/sim-s3-backup/sim-autobackup\_2015-05-15/?pretty > ^C > > real 1544m19.284s > user 0m0.508s > sys 0m2.580s > > Is there any other way to get this snapshot to stop? For reference, this > is the output of the status: > curl -XGET -s > localhost:9200/\_snapshot/sim-s3-backup/sim-autobackup\_2015-05-15/?pretty > > { > "snapshots" : [ { > "snapshot" : "sim-autobackup\_2015-05-15", > "indices" : [ "7199", "7399", "7299", "7499", "7599", "6202085", > "6202082", "6202083", "8099", "6202059", "6202055", "5099", "5299", "5199", > "6202076", "6202075", "6202078", "6202077", "6202079", "5899", "6202071", > "6202073", "5699", "40061", "40064", "40065", "5599", "6201572", "3001", > "3002", "3008", "3007", "3006", "3005", "5999", "6202044", "6202018", > "6202013", "10109", "10009", "6099", "70005", "6201266", "6199", "6299", > "10309", "10409", "10609", "10509", "7099", "6799", "6899", "40054", > "40057", "40055", "40056", "6202068", "6202067", "6202060", "6699" ], > "state" : "IN\_PROGRESS", > "start\_time" : "2015-05-16T09:30:06.303Z", > "start\_time\_in\_millis" : 1431768606303, > "failures" : , > "shards" : { > "total" : 0, > "failed" : 0, > "successful" : 0 > } > } ] > } > > I just want to stop it somehow. I can then delete it or re-run a new > snapshot and get today's date on it. ## -- Please update your bookmarks! We have moved to [https://discuss.elastic.co/](https://discuss.elastic.co/) You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9300cd81-9be1-40a3-b711-a89e5fc64132%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9300cd81-9be1-40a3-b711-a89e5fc64132%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 12:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stopping-a-snapshot/23650/3 "2017-07-06T00:12:12Z")