Unable to restore Snapshot

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Hi All,

I have created a shared repository and created a snapshot in it. When I try to restore it after deleting the existing index , Iam unable to do so . I get the below error.
index and alias names need to be unique, but the following duplicates were found [.kibana (alias of [.kibana_1/iWtK08jFTCC0GHLObDmHnQ])]

I get this error even though I delete .kibana index.
Let me know what I am missing here.

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Hi @Gayathri.Srivathsan

Can you check whether the index exists again? Maybe you have Kibana running currently and it recreated the index between you deleting it and trying to restore the snapshot?

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Hi @Armin_Braun
I have deleted the index. When I try to restore it gets created. If I stop kibana now , I cant restore right? Kibana automatically creates .kibana immediately once I delete it. How to fix this?

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@Gayathri.Srivathsan

you can't use Kibana to manage your restore if it includes the .kibana index I'm afraid. You'll have to restore manually via e.g. curl as documented [here] (https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.5/snapshots-restore-snapshot.html) after shutting down Kiabana.

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@Armin_Braun
Thanks . It worked :slight_smile:

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