Overview

This article describes the error and its resolution, which occurs when you are adding/editing an archive store and trying to specify/edit the index path, and the following error message is displayed:

Search Index File Location specified is invalid

Environment

• GFI Archiver
• All supported environments

Root Cause

The folder contains a corrupt index. An index which does not belong to the database or the folder is empty.

Resolution

1. Confirm that:
   • Sufficient disk space for the Search Index Location is available.
   • No other index is present in the same folder.
   • Anti-Virus software has exclusions set and does not scan GFI Archiver folders.
2. While going through the Archive Store Wizard, specify the Search Index Location as either:
   • The path that contains the healthy index of the database.
   • Or specify a non-existent path (do not create the empty folder* beforehand).
     If you already have a desired path, you can add the following to the index path \index. This will create the index folder inside the desired folder.
     *For example: If you want the index to be created in e:\Indexes\2010 Jan - Feb make sure the subfolder 2010 Jan - Feb does not exist. Then choose e:\Indexes via the folder picker in the Archive Store Wizard and add \2010 Jan - Feb manually.