If the Communities catalog index becomes corrupted or is not being refreshed properly,
you can delete the existing index data to rebuild the index.
About this task
The IBM®
WebSphere® Application Server variables CATALOG_INDEX_DIR
and CATALOG_REPLICATION_DIR define the location of the catalog index directory and the replication
directory. If there are issues with the existing catalog index, you can restore it by deleting the
contents of these directories. The catalog index is rebuilt when the next scheduled crawl takes
place.Procedure
- Log in to IBM Connections
as the catalog administrator.
- Go to Communities and select Administration from
the navigation sidebar to open the Communities Catalog Administration page.
- Disable all the crawlers that are listed on the page by selecting for each crawler.
- Find the value of the CATALOG_REPLICATION_DIR and CATALOG_INDEX_DIR WebSphere Application Server
variables.
- Log in to the WebSphere Integrated
Solutions Console.
- Expand Environment and select Websphere
Variables.
- Look for the CATALOG_REPLICATION_DIR and CATALOG_INDEX_DIR
variables and make a note of their respective locations.
- Stop the Communities application server.
- Navigate to the location specified by the CATALOG_REPLICATION_DIR
variable and delete the contents of the directory.
- Navigate to the location specified by the CATALOG_INDEX_DIR
variable and delete the contents of the directory.
- Restart the Communities application server.
- Return to the Communities Catalog Administration page
and enable all the crawlers.