Managing Full-Text Indexing

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Use the following information to help you manage full-text indexing after deployment. Included are guidelines for determining when to repopulate the index to keep the information current.

Checking the Size of the Index

You can check the size of the index file in the following folder:

<driveletter>:\Exchsrvr\ExchangeServer_<servername>\Projects\<indexname>\Build\Indexer\CiFiles

Adding Users to an Indexed Server

When you add users to an indexed server, perform an incremental population to add the new mailbox to the index immediately.

Deciding When a New Full Population Is Required

You must fully populate the index in the following cases:

  • When a word-breaker is changed. (A word-breaker is used by full-text indexing to identify where individual words begin and end in a given text.)

  • When noise words are changed. For information about changing noise words, see "Customizing Full-Text Indexing" in the Exchange Server 2003 Software Development Kit (SDK).

  • When new document format filters are added.

  • When the schema file is changed.

  • When the SMTP address of the store changes.

  • When performing disaster recovery.

During the population process, the index is still available for full-text queries. The index is unavailable for queries only when you must delete an old index, before you re-create it and perform a new full population. This process should be necessary only if the old index is corrupted.