Improving Search Times by Creating an Image List

To improve search performance when you have many small backup images, run the following command (one line) as root on the master server:

/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimage -create_image_list -client name

The name is the name of the client that has many small backup images.

This creates the following files in the /usr/openv/netbackup/db/images/clientname directory:

IMAGE_LIST: List of images for this client

IMAGE_INFO: Information about the images for this client

IMAGE_FILES: The file information for small images

Do not edit these files because they contain offsets and byte counts that are used for seeking to and reading the image information.

These files take 35 to 40% more space in the client directory and if you use them, verify that there is adequate space. Also, they improve search performance only when there are thousands of small backup images for a client.