From 740020dfe8f08a96b762463d46b3dc89a3b40eca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Doerr Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 06:29:36 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify version compatibility in snapshot/restore docs (#39329) --- docs/reference/modules/snapshots.asciidoc | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/reference/modules/snapshots.asciidoc b/docs/reference/modules/snapshots.asciidoc index f87469cf559..58b59be6a57 100644 --- a/docs/reference/modules/snapshots.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/modules/snapshots.asciidoc @@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ back up a cluster is by using the snapshot and restore functionality. [float] === Version compatibility +IMPORTANT: Version compatibility refers to the underlying Lucene index +compatibility. Follow the <> +when migrating between versions. + A snapshot contains a copy of the on-disk data structures that make up an index. This means that snapshots can only be restored to versions of Elasticsearch that can read the indices: