Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Indexes

The NetWorker server tracks the files it backs up in two databases, which are stored on the local file system of the server:

• The client file index tracks the files that belong to a save set. There is one client file index for each client.
• The media database tracks:
  • Volume name
  • Backup dates of the save sets on the volume
  • File systems in each save set

    Unlike the client file indexes, there is only one media database per server.

The client file indexes and media database can grow to become prohibitively large over time. Managing the size of the online indexes provides information about managing the size of these indexes.