{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide/issues/468","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide/issues/468/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide/issues/468/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide/issues/468/events","html_url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide/issues/468","id":129310017,"number":468,"title":"Retiring data page is unclear about snapshotting data","user":{"login":"dakrone","id":19060,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19060?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/dakrone","html_url":"https://github.com/dakrone","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dakrone/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dakrone/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dakrone/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dakrone/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dakrone/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dakrone/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dakrone/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dakrone/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dakrone/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2016-01-28T00:18:02Z","updated_at":"2016-02-11T15:19:46Z","closed_at":null,"body":"From https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/retiring-data.html\r\n\r\nIt makes it sound like a user should (through the course of retiring data) snapshot indices *after* they have been closed, however, ES cannot snapshot indices that are closed. I think it should be updated to mention that explicitly.\r\n\r\n(this did trip up a user on IRC, which is why I opened this issue)"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide/issues/comments/182911164","html_url":"https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide/issues/468#issuecomment-182911164","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/elasticsearch-definitive-guide/issues/468","id":182911164,"user":{"login":"polyfractal","id":1224228,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1224228?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/polyfractal","html_url":"https://github.com/polyfractal","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/polyfractal/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/polyfractal/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/polyfractal/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/polyfractal/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/polyfractal/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/polyfractal/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/polyfractal/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/polyfractal/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/polyfractal/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-02-11T15:19:46Z","updated_at":"2016-02-11T15:19:46Z","body":"++ agreed, I can see how the ordering / language here can be confusing (feels like a series of steps, rather than a list of alternatives)\r\n\r\nI think moving the \"Archiving Old Indices\" section before \"Closing Old Indices\" would mostly fix the issue, as well as adding a warning that you cannot snapshot closed indices.\r\n\r\nWill fix this up soon."}}