# Possible to move a snapshot to another vault?

**URL:** <https://kopia.discourse.group/t/possible-to-move-a-snapshot-to-another-vault/2519>\
**Category:** General Topics\
**Created:** [December 20, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/possible-to-move-a-snapshot-to-another-vault/2519 "2023-12-20T20:03:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![wayland](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/wayland/32/268_2.png) [@wayland](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/wayland)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/possible-to-move-a-snapshot-to-another-vault/2519/1 "2023-12-20T20:03:55Z")

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Hi

I want to move a snapshot (windows) from one repo to another repo (that is on another computer) with full history. Is this possible/?

I looked at this but I am not sure if that hits the spot also how that works given I can’t be connected to two repos at the same time?

> **[snapshot copy-history](https://kopia.io/docs/reference/command-line/common/snapshot-copy-history/)**
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> $ kopia snapshot copy-history \[destination\] Performs a copy of the history of snapshots from another user or host. This command will copy snapshot manifests of the specified source to the respective destination. This is typically used when renaming...

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**Author:** ![saviodsouza](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/saviodsouza/32/50_2.png) [@saviodsouza](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/saviodsouza)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/possible-to-move-a-snapshot-to-another-vault/2519/2 "2023-12-23T04:03:24Z")

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Hi

U need to use kopia snapshot migrate instead of copy history or move history

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**Author:** ![saviodsouza](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/saviodsouza/32/50_2.png) [@saviodsouza](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/saviodsouza)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/possible-to-move-a-snapshot-to-another-vault/2519/3 "2023-12-23T05:14:06Z")

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Something like

```auto
kopia repo connect filesystem --path /mnt/kopia/sourcerepo --config-file source.config
kopia snapshot migrate --all --source-config ~/.config/kopia/source.config

```

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**Author:** ![wayland](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/wayland/32/268_2.png) [@wayland](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/wayland)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/possible-to-move-a-snapshot-to-another-vault/2519/4 "2023-12-26T18:02:49Z")

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Thanks but how do I migrate a particular snapshot/folder to another one. Your lines make it like it will migrate the whole thing? I have multiple snapshots inside a Kopia repo and I want to only move one or two.

Bear in mind I want to move a snapshot to another existing Kopia repo not to a totally new fresh repo.

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**Author:** ![kapitainsky](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/kapitainsky/32/535_2.png) [@kapitainsky](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/kapitainsky)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/possible-to-move-a-snapshot-to-another-vault/2519/5 "2023-12-26T21:28:50Z")

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I do not think you can do it. It is all or nothing.

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**Author:** ![saviodsouza](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/saviodsouza/32/50_2.png) [@saviodsouza](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/saviodsouza)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/possible-to-move-a-snapshot-to-another-vault/2519/6 "2023-12-27T02:49:57Z")

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It’s `-all` or `--sources`

> **[snapshot migrate](https://kopia.io/docs/reference/command-line/common/snapshot-migrate/)**
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> $ kopia snapshot migrate \\ --source-config=... Migrate snapshots from another repository
> Flag Short Default Help --\[no-\]all false Migrate all sources --\[no-\]apply-ignore-rules false When migrating also apply current ignore rules --\[no-\]latest-only...

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**Author:** ![wayland](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/wayland/32/268_2.png) [@wayland](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/wayland)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/possible-to-move-a-snapshot-to-another-vault/2519/7 "2023-12-27T03:23:20Z")

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Thanks for the help guys, this is fine. I will read it as a fresh snapshot I guess.

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**Author:** ![Unengaged3932](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Unengaged3932](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Unengaged3932)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/possible-to-move-a-snapshot-to-another-vault/2519/8 "2024-06-22T11:32:22Z")

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Why not just migrate all the snapshots and delete those you don’t want afterwards?

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**Author:** ![wayland](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/wayland/32/268_2.png) [@wayland](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/wayland)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/possible-to-move-a-snapshot-to-another-vault/2519/9 "2024-10-11T02:47:31Z")

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@Unengaged3932

Too much data, too big to move things around.

> Why not just migrate all the snapshots and delete those you don’t want afterwards?