> > No not quite. It never backs up the index directories as plain files,
> > even for its own index. Think of the index as a database, NetWorker has
> > an inbuilt module for backing them up while the database is open.
>
> Perhaps then this is why the .nsr files exist? Because they don't want
> you to try to backup /nsr/index manually since they know if you do, it
> will be bogus?

Manual or automatic.  It doesn't try to save the files themselves.

> Okay, what if you shut down the NetWorker software first? Would a manual
> save, using '-i' work or might still be suspect?

How are you going to do a manual save if Networker is shut down?  You'd
have to use something else (tar/dump/etc...).  None of those would even
bother interpreting the .nsr files so the data would be saved.


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