---
title: skip_repo_fs_check
description: This setting must be either True or False. The default value of this setting is False Each master and data node in the cluster must have write access...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/curator/option_skip_fsck
products:
  - Elasticsearch
  - Elasticsearch Curator
---

# skip_repo_fs_check
<note>
  This setting is used by the [snapshot](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/curator/snapshot) and [restore](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/curator/restore) actions.
</note>

This setting must be either `True` or `False`.
The default value of this setting is `False`

## [restore](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/curator/restore)

Each master and data node in the cluster *must* have write access to the shared filesystem used by the repository for a snapshot to be 100% valid. For the purposes of a [restore](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/curator/restore), this is a lightweight attempt to ensure that all nodes are *still* actively able to write to the repository, in hopes that snapshots were from all nodes.  It is not otherwise necessary for the purposes of a restore.
Some filesystems may take longer to respond to a check, which results in a false positive for the filesystem access check. For these cases, it is desirable to bypass this verification step, by setting this to `True.`
```yaml
actions:
  1:
    action: restore
    description: Restore my_index from my_snapshot in my_repository
    options:
      repository: my_repository
      name: my_snapshot
      indices: my_index
      skip_repo_fs_check: False
      wait_for_completion: True
      max_wait: 3600
      wait_interval: 10
    filters:
    - filtertype: state
      state: SUCCESS
      exclude:
    - filtertype: ...
```


## [snapshot](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/curator/snapshot)

Each master and data node in the cluster *must* have write access to the shared filesystem used by the repository for a snapshot to be 100% valid.
Some filesystems may take longer to respond to a check, which results in a false positive for the filesystem access check. For these cases, it is desirable to bypass this verification step, by setting this to `True.`
```yaml
action: snapshot
description: >-
  Snapshot selected indices to 'repository' with the snapshot name or name
  pattern in 'name'.  Use all other options as assigned
options:
  repository: my_repository
  name: my_snapshot
  skip_repo_fs_check: False
  wait_for_completion: True
  max_wait: 3600
  wait_interval: 10
filters:
- filtertype: ...
```