# Unable to restore Index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-restore-index/25729>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 16, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-restore-index/25729 "2015-07-16T14:49:45Z")\
**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:** [July 16, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-restore-index/25729/1 "2015-07-16T14:49:45Z")

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Hi All

After Successfull archive i am unable to restore it back

**Restore CMD** - curl -XPOST 'localhost:9200/\_snapshot/s3backup/s3bkup\_20150615/\_restore'

**Message** - {"snapshot":{"snapshot":"s3bkup\_20150615","indices":[],"shards":{"total":0,"failed":0,"successful":0}}}

Please advice ..

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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:** [July 18, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-restore-index/25729/2 "2015-07-18T03:11:50Z")

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What version are you on?  
Did you restore to the same cluster and did you delete the original indices before restoring?

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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, 12:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-restore-index/25729/3 "2017-07-06T00:00:42Z")

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