Create an image list to improve searching among many small backup images.

Run the following command on the master server while logged on as administrator. Enter the following as one line:

install_path\netbackup\bin\admincmd\bpimage 
-create_image_list -client name

Where name is the name of the client with small backup images.

The command creates files in the following location:

install_path\netbackup\db\images\clientname

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. The files contain offsets and byte counts that are used to seek and read the image information.

The files require 35 to 40% more space in the client directory. The files improve search performance only if thousands of small backup images for a client exist.