Creating Search indexes

Search indexing is automatically configured for IBM® Connections during installation.

To create the initial Search index after installing the product, wait for one of the default indexing tasks to run and this will automatically create the index. The next step is for the Search application to copy the index to all the nodes. The index is first saved to a staging folder, and then it is copied from the staging folder to all the secondary nodes in the deployment. You must not stop your deployment until the index has been copied to all the nodes. If the server is stopped during this process, the index will not be successfully rolled out to all the nodes.

To create subsequent indexes, for example, if the index has become corrupt or unusable, delete any existing indexes, and then either wait for the next scheduled indexing task to run or run a one-off indexing task. Alternatively, if the index is still functional, to avoid disrupting your users’ access to Search functionality, you can recreate the Search index by running a wsadmin command to create a background index.