# Update Snapshot in the repo with same name?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-snapshot-in-the-repo-with-same-name/181446
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 16, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-snapshot-in-the-repo-with-same-name/181446 "2019-05-16T15:59:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Mohit\_Ruke](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohit_Ruke)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-snapshot-in-the-repo-with-same-name/181446/1 "2019-05-16T15:59:36Z")
Is there any way to update a snapshot in a repo after adding new records to an index?
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-snapshot-in-the-repo-with-same-name/181446/2 "2019-05-16T17:38:20Z")
Sure. Create a new snapshot and it will "update" the repository.
I think that's what you want.
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### Author:  [@Mohit\_Ruke](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohit_Ruke)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-snapshot-in-the-repo-with-same-name/181446/3 "2019-05-16T17:48:06Z")
suppose I have a snapshot snap1 of index movie-123 having 1 record
No i add few more records to the index and now can i update snap1 with the new records and store it in s3
When I try to create a snapshot with the same name it gives error
{
"error": "InvalidSnapshotNameException[[repo1:snapshot1] Invalid snapshot name [snapshot1], snapshot with such name already exists]",
"status": 400
}
So my question was whether an update to the same snapshot is possible or not ?
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-snapshot-in-the-repo-with-same-name/181446/4 "2019-05-16T18:57:46Z")
Just create a new snapshot and it will do a similar thing that you're expecting.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-snapshot-in-the-repo-with-same-name/181446/5 "2019-06-13T18:57:55Z")
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