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title: "File System Indexing"
description: "You can instruct Veeam Agent for IBM AIX to create an index of files and directories located on the Veeam Agent machine during backup."
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# File System Indexing

You can instruct Veeam Agent for IBM AIX to create an index of files and directories located on the Veeam Agent machine during backup. File indexing allows you to search for specific files inside Veeam Agent backups and perform 1-click restore in Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager.

::: note

File system indexing is optional. If you do not enable this option in the backup job settings, you will still be able to perform 1-click restore from the backup created with such backup job. For more information, see the [Preparing for File Browsing and Restore](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/em/em_preparing_for_flr_physical.html?ver=110) section in the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager User Guide.

:::

## Considerations and Limitations

Consider the following about file system indexing:

- The IBM AIX system must have the `mlocate` utility installed. You must use the `mlocate` utility that is provided with Veeam Agent in the product installation media.

  If you upgrade to Veeam Agent for IBM AIX version 13 and you have the `mlocate` utility provided with one of the previous versions of Veeam Agent for IBM AIX installed in your system, you must replace the existing `mlocate` utility with the `mlocate` utility provided with Veeam Agent 13 in the product installation media.

  For more information on installing the `mlocate` utility, see [Installing Prerequisite Software](install_aix_prereqs.md).

- File indexing is enabled at the backup job level.
- Indexing mechanism does not recognize file exclusion masks. If you specify masks to exclude certain files from a file-level backup job, Veeam Agent still indexes all files located in the directories selected for backup.

  For example, you add the `/home` directory to the backup scope and specify the *\*.pdf* exclusion mask. If the `--indexall` option is enabled for the backup job, PDF files will be displayed in the `/home` directory when you browse the resulting backup in Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager, even though these files were not backed up.

## Related Tasks

- [Installing Prerequisite Software](install_aix_prereqs.md)
- [Creating Backup Jobs](backup_job_create.md)