Backing up and restoring the vault search index (dtSearch)

Do the following steps to back up the vault search index when you are using dtSearch as your search engine:

  1. Copy the Indexes folder from the location of the vault data on the server (for example Server Vaults\<vault name>\Indexes).
  2. Store the copied folder in a safe place.
    The index itself stores its state, and your backup of the index does not need to be as new as the vault backup.

Once you have a backup of your search index, do the following steps to restore the backed up search index:

  1. Take the vault offline.
    For instructions, see Taking a Vault Offline.
  2. Delete the Indexes folder and replace the folder with the backup.
  3. Bring the vault online.
    For instructions, see Bringing a vault online.
The indexing begins to catch up until the search index is completely up-to-date.