Lynsey Wyles wrote:

We have had a further thought regarding freezing the index and mm database
info as it currently stands and starting a fresh.  situation below:

To stop the NW services and rename the following two folders:
index and mm
rename and move to a save location
Start the NW services which will re-create new empty folders
Create a new tape pool and retention polices etc as required.

If the frozen database was ever required, stop NW services and put in place
the stored index and mm folders, start NW services use for required restore
and again switch back when completed!

would this work? any issues?

Yes, this is perfectly possible, I have done it myself.

The only thing I might consider is how to back these stored files up.
NetWorker will skip them due to the directives in local directories. You
might perhaps tar or zip them up, then you can save space and solve this
problem, killing two birds so to speak.

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