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• To index all NetBackup clients to index level 9, execute:
install_path
\NetBackup\bin\index_clients.cmd
Note:
Changing the index level affects only future index creation and does not
immediately create index files.
Database Index Space Requirements
The index files do not require much space. Regardless of how many clients you
have, indexing all clients to level 9 requires about 1.5 percent more space in the
NetBackup database than if you do not use indexing for any clients.
NetBackup does not produce index files for backups that contain less than 200
files.
The index files reside in a directory named:
install_path
\NetBackup\db\images\
clientname
\INDEX
The indexing level resides in a file named:
install_path
\NetBackup\db\images\
clientname
\INDEXLEVEL
Note:
If you are collecting true-image restore information, the
INDEX
files will
take much more space for incrementals.
Disabling Database Indexing
• To stop NetBackup from generating new
INDEX
files for a client, delete the
INDEXLEVEL
file. NetBackup continues to use existing
INDEX
files.
• To stop using the
INDEX
files during searches, delete
INDEXLEVEL
for the
client and change the
INDEX
directory to
INDEX.ignore
.
• To permanently eliminate
INDEX
files for a client, delete the
INDEX
directory and the
INDEXLEVEL
file.
Improving Search Performance
To improve search performance when you have many small backup images,
run the following command (one line) as administrator on the master server:
NetBackup 3.2 System Administrator's Guide for Windows NT
NetBackup 3.2 System Administrator's Guide for Windows NT
