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[DOCS] Note where ILM policies are stored and backup caveats (#54859)
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geekpete authored and dakrone committed Apr 13, 2020
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Expand Up @@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ To set the policy for an index there are two options:
1. Apply the policy to an index template and bootstrap creating the first index
2. Apply the policy to a new index in a create index request

NOTE: ILM policies are stored in global cluster state which can be backed up using Snapshot with the
`include_global_state` parameter set to `true`.
Restoring ILM policies from global state in a Snapshot is all-or-nothing that will overwrite the entire global
state using the snapshot's point in time copy including all ILM policies.

[[applying-policy-to-template]]
=== Applying a policy to an index template

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