Delete the index by deleting the contents of the directory
specified by the IBM WebSphere® Application
Server variable, SEARCH_INDEX_DIR.
About this task
From time to time, you might need to delete and rebuild the
Search index. For example, if you change the context root of one of
the IBM® Connections applications,
you then need to rebuild the index by deleting the current index.
The index is automatically rebuilt the next time the indexing task
runs.When you delete the index, you might also want to delete the
content of the extracted file store used by the Search index. However,
the existing extracted file content can be reused when generating
a new index so, if the files were previously indexed successfully,
it is generally preferable to keep the extracted content to reduce
index recreation time.
Procedure
To delete the Search index, complete the following steps.
- Check the value of the SEARCH_INDEX_DIR WebSphere Application Server variable for
the relevant server:
- Launch the WebSphere Application
Server Integrated Solutions Console.
- Expand Environment and select WebSphere
variables.
- Click the Show filter function icon.
- Ensure that Name displays in
the Filter dropdown menu.
- Enter SEARCH_INDEX_DIR into the Search
terms field and click Go. A variable called SEARCH_INDEX_DIR displays in the search
results. Take a note of the value of this variable as the index location
for the relevant server.
- Optional: If you want to delete the contents
of the extracted file store, check the value of the EXTRACTED_FILE_STORE WebSphere Application Server
variable for the server:
- Repeat steps 1a to 1d from the previous step.
- Enter EXTRACTED_FILE_STORE into
the Search terms field and click Go. A variable called EXTRACTED_FILE_STORE displays in the
search results. Take a note of the value of this variable as the extracted
file content location for the server.
- Shut down the Search server or cluster.
- Delete the contents of the index folder that you noted
in step 1e.
- Optional: Delete the contents of the extracted
file content folder that you noted in step 2b.
- Rebuild the index by following the steps described in Recreating
the Search index.