How to Move the Index (Catalog) for Full-Text Indexing

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The index should be located on a RAID array. If you did not specify this location when you created the index, use the Catutil tool to move the index by performing the following procedure.

Before You Begin

This procedure is one of six steps that you should perform when optimizing full-text indexing. For more details about this entire process, see How to Optimize Full-Text Indexing.

Procedure

To move an index

  1. Pause any active full-index or incremental-index population processes.

  2. From a command prompt, run the Catutil tool.

    Note

    For help using the Catutil tool, go to the command prompt and type catutil movecat /?.

    Important

    When you use the Catutil tool, the index moves successfully and functions correctly, but the index location that is displayed in Exchange System Manager is not updated. This does not affect the normal operation of full-text indexing. You cannot correct the display, but you can check the current location of the index at any time by viewing the following key in the registry:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Search\1.0\Indexer\<application name>\<index name>\ProjectPath.