# Unable to access snapshot and restore

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-access-snapshot-and-restore/293526>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** snapshot-and-restore\
**Created:** [January 5, 2022, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-access-snapshot-and-restore/293526 "2022-01-05T11:11:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Apoorva\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@Apoorva\_21](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Apoorva_21)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-access-snapshot-and-restore/293526/1 "2022-01-05T11:11:32Z")

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Hi,  
I am unable to access snapshots and restore it says error loading snapshots .  
And when trying to run GET \_cat/snapshots command getting the error as Validation Failed : 1: repository missing.

Can anyone help me to resolve this issue

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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:** [January 11, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-access-snapshot-and-restore/293526/2 "2022-01-11T00:42:47Z")

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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:** [February 8, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-access-snapshot-and-restore/293526/3 "2022-02-08T00:43:35Z")

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