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@@ -396,8 +396,7 @@ Please note, that some settings such as `index.number_of_shards` cannot be chang
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The information stored in a snapshot is not tied to a particular cluster or a cluster name. Therefore it's possible to
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restore a snapshot made from one cluster into another cluster. All that is required is registering the repository
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containing the snapshot in the new cluster and starting the restore process. The new cluster doesn't have to have the
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-same size or topology. However, the version of the new cluster should be the same or newer than the cluster that was
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-used to create the snapshot.
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+same size or topology. However, the version of the new cluster should be the same or newer (only 1 major version newer) than the cluster that was used to create the snapshot. For example, you can restore a 1.x snapshot to a 2.x cluster, but not a 1.x snapshot to a 5.x cluster.
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If the new cluster has a smaller size additional considerations should be made. First of all it's necessary to make sure
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that new cluster have enough capacity to store all indices in the snapshot. It's possible to change indices settings
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