Backing Up Your Search Index Files

As explained in the Repository Layout section, search index files consist of all files located in the SEARCH folder on the Full-Text Search and Indexing Engine computer. A repository's search index files can be rebuilt through the Laserfiche Administration Console.

You can back up your search index files manually by stopping the Laserfiche Full-Text Indexing and Search service, copying the SEARCH folder to your backup medium, and then restarting the service. (Do not attempt to manually back up the search catalog while the service is running, as this will result in invalid files.) 

Alternately, you can use a third-party automatic backup solution that supports Microsoft's Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) technology. This will coordinate the process of stopping all catalog actions while the backup takes place and then resuming them once the backup is complete.(During the actual backup, search and indexing will be unavailable, but will become available again automatically once the backup is complete.) To use an automatic backup solution with VSS, you must first ensure that the Laserfiche VSS Writer service is running, as it is stopped by default.

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