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Troubleshoot snapshot and restore in Elasticsearch

Use the topics in this section to troubleshoot issues with Elasticsearch snapshots.

  • Restore from snapshot
  • Troubleshoot broken repositories
    • Diagnose corrupted repositories
    • Diagnose unknown repositories
    • Diagnose invalid repositories
  • Fix repeated snapshot policy failures

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