# Unable to Restore indices through Snapshot

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-restore-indices-through-snapshot/117868>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 31, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-restore-indices-through-snapshot/117868 "2018-01-31T17:57:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Nagesh\_Kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nagesh_kumar/32/47284_2.png) [@Nagesh\_Kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nagesh_Kumar)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-restore-indices-through-snapshot/117868/1 "2018-01-31T17:57:53Z")

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When i tried to Restore indices through Snapshot by below Command  
curl -XPOST "[http://localhost:9200/\_snapshot/cs-automated/2018-01-21t00-43-52.c6293dff-3b5b-48c1-aec2-09d90856cea1/\_restore](http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/cs-automated/2018-01-21t00-43-52.c6293dff-3b5b-48c1-aec2-09d90856cea1/_restore)" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'  
{"indices":"cwl-2017.12.13"}'

I got Below Error 👎  
{  
"error": {  
"root\_cause": [  
{  
"type": "concurrent\_snapshot\_execution\_exception",  
"reason": "[cs-automated:2018-01-21t00-43-52.c6293dff-3b5b-48c1-aec2-09d90856cea1/9hoTf0CQRr2Qdsjyniku4Q] Restore process is already running in this cluster"  
}  
],  
"type": "concurrent\_snapshot\_execution\_exception",  
"reason": "[cs-automated:2018-01-21t00-43-52.c6293dff-3b5b-48c1-aec2-09d90856cea1/9hoTf0CQRr2Qdsjyniku4Q] Restore process is already running in this cluster"  
},  
"status": 503  
}

Please help i am unable to restore this indices i.e. cwl-2017.12.13 and unable to restore any snapshot now

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**Author:** ![alexus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alexus/32/12696_2.png) [@alexus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexus)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-restore-indices-through-snapshot/117868/2 "2018-01-31T20:49:04Z")

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per message process is already running, you may want to wait until it's complete and try again...

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**Author:** ![Nagesh\_Kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nagesh_kumar/32/47284_2.png) [@Nagesh\_Kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nagesh_Kumar)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-restore-indices-through-snapshot/117868/3 "2018-02-01T00:09:56Z")

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I am waiting from last 2 days , I tried to Del this snapshot but its not allowing me...also Snapshot status is Showing Partial

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-restore-indices-through-snapshot/117868/4 "2018-02-01T07:31:50Z")

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Which version are you running?

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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:** [March 1, 2018, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-restore-indices-through-snapshot/117868/5 "2018-03-01T07:31:51Z")

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