Move services to a new server

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Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007

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Topic Last Modified: 2016-11-14

In this article:

  • Move the Document Conversions Launcher Service to a new server

  • Move the Document Conversions Load Balancer Service to a new server

  • Move Excel Calculation Services to a new server

  • Move the Office SharePoint Server Search service to a new server

  • Move the Windows SharePoint Services Help Search service to a new server

  • Move the Windows SharePoint Services Web Application service to a new server

If all of the services are running on a single server, the performance of the server slows down. You can move some of the services to another server to enhance the performance of the site. You must add a server to the server farm to move services according to your needs, such as a front-end Web server or an application server. Then, you can move services to dedicated servers.

You should have the following information ready before moving services to a new server:

  • A list of names of newly added servers to the farm on which you can move your services.

  • A plan that specifies how you want to add the server to the farm. For example, you can add a server to the farm as a front-end Web server or an application server.

When you move services to a new server, the service you select stops running on the current server and starts to run on the newly added server.

When you stop the Office SharePoint Server Search service in the process of moving it to another server, it deletes the index files permanently and makes them unrecoverable. The index files are also not available for all other Shared Services Providers (SSPs).

Membership in the Farm Administrators group and the Administrators group on the local server computer is the minimum required to complete this procedure.

Move the Document Conversions Launcher Service to a new server

Use this procedure to move the Document Conversions Launcher Service to another server in the farm.

Move the Document Conversions Launcher Service to a new server

  1. On the top navigation bar of the SharePoint Central Administration Web site, click Operations.

  2. On the Operations page, in the Topologies and Services section, click Services on server. A table appears that provides you with the details of the services that are running on the server.

  3. Click the Server list, and then click Change Server. The Select Server Web dialog box appears.

  4. Select the name of the server on which you want to move the service. The list of services you selected to run on the server appears in the table. The Start Services table displays all of the services available in the farm.

  5. To start the Document Conversions Launcher Service, click Start in the Action column that corresponds to the name of the service. The Launcher Service Setting page appears.

  6. In the Select Server section, select the server on which you want to run the launcher.

  7. In the Load Balancer section, select the load balancer on which you want to associate the launcher.

  8. In the Port Number box, specify the port number that the launcher will use for communication.

  9. Click OK. The service starts to run on the new server.

  10. To stop the service that is running on the old server, select the server name on which the Central Administration service is running.

  11. In the Document Conversions Launcher Service section, click Stop.

Note

If the service does not stop, you must uninstall the service. For more information, see Uninstall a service.

Move the Document Conversions Load Balancer Service to a new server

Use this procedure to move the Document Conversions Load Balancer Service to another server in the farm. The service stops running on the old server and starts to run on the newly added server.

Move the Document Conversions Load Balancer Service to a new server

  1. On the top navigation bar in Central Administration, click Operations.

  2. On the Operations page, in the Topologies and Services section, click Services on server.

  3. On the Services on Server page, select the new server name on which you want to move the service. The Start Services table displays details about all of the services available in the farm in the following columns:

    • Service - Name of a service.

    • Comment - Provides information about the location where the service is running.

    • Status - Specifies whether the service is currently running or it has been stopped.

    • Action - Start or stop running a service.

  4. To start the Document Conversions Load Balancer Service, click Start in the Action column. The Load Balancer Service Settings page appears.

  5. In the Select Server section, select the server on which to run the load balancer.

  6. In the Communication Scheme section, specify the scheme used by the load balancer for communication (either http or https). This should match the schema in the configuration file for the Load Balancer service.

  7. In the Port Number box, specify the port number the launcher will use for communication.

  8. Click OK. The service starts to run on the new server.

  9. To stop the service that is running on the old server, select the server name on which the Central Administration service is running.

  10. In the Document Conversions Load Balancer Service section, click Stop.

Note

If the service does not stop, you must uninstall the service. For more information, see Uninstall a service.

Move Excel Calculation Services to a new server

Use this procedure to move Excel Calculation Services to another server in the farm. The service stops running on the old server and starts to run on the newly added server.

Move Excel Calculation Services to a new server

  1. On the top navigation bar of Central Administration, click Operations.

  2. On the Operations page, in the Topologies and Services section, click Services on server.

  3. Select the new server name on which you want move the required service. Services that you have chosen to run on the server are listed under Status and Action.

  4. Click Start in the Action column that corresponds to the service that you want to start. The service starts to run on the server that you have selected in the Server section.

  5. To stop the service that is running on the old server, select the server name on which the Central Administration service is running.

  6. In the Excel Calculation Services section, click Stop.

Note

If the service does not stop, you must uninstall the service. For more information, see Uninstall a service.

Move the Office SharePoint Server Search service to a new server

Use this procedure to move the Office SharePoint Server Search service to another server in the farm. The service stops running on the old server and automatically starts to run a full crawl on the newly added server.

Move the Office SharePoint Server Search service to a new server

  1. On the top navigation bar of Central Administration, click Operations.

  2. On the Operations page, in the Topology and Services section, click Services on server.

  3. Select the new server name on which you want move your service. The Start Services table displays details about all the services available in the farm.

  4. To start the Office SharePoint Server Search service, click Start in the Action column. It opens the Configure Office SharePoint Server Search Service Setting page on the server.

  5. In the Query and Indexing section, you can select either Use this server for indexing content or Use this server for serving search queries, or both.

  6. In the Contact E-mail Address section, specify an e-mail address that external site administrators can contact if problems occur when their site is being crawled. This setting applies to all servers in the farm.

  7. In the Farm Search Service Account section, select an account for this component; the search service runs by using this account. Setting or changing this account affects all index and query servers in the server farm.

  8. In the Index Server Default File Location section, the search index is located by default on this server, at this path. For index servers, you can specify a different path when you create an SSP. To change this index file location for an existing SSP, at the command prompt, type stsadm.exe -o editssp.

  9. In the Indexer Performance section, select the appropriate indexer performance level: Reduced, Partly reduced, or Maximum.

  10. In the Web Front End And Crawling section, select a dedicated front-end Web server for crawling or use all front-end Web servers for crawling.

  11. Click Start. The service starts to run on the new server.

  12. To stop the service that is running on the old server, select the server name on which the Central Administration service is running.

  13. In the Office SharePoint Server Search Service section, click Stop.

Note

If the service does not stop, you must uninstall the service. For more information, see Uninstall a service.

For information about how to create and manage an SSP, see Manage SSPs in a farm (Office SharePoint Server).

Move the Windows SharePoint Services Help Search service to a new server

Use this procedure to move the Windows SharePoint Services Help Search to another server in the farm. The service stops running on the old server and starts to run on the newly added server.

Move the Windows SharePoint Services Help Search service to a new server

  1. On the top navigation bar of Central Administration, click Operations.

  2. On the Operations page, in the Topologies and Services section, click Services on server.

  3. Select the new server name on which you want move the service. A list of services that you have selected to run on the server is displayed under Status and Action. The Start Services table displays details about all the services available in the farm.

  4. To start the Windows SharePoint Services Help Search service, click Start in the Action column that corresponds to the name of the service. The Configure Windows SharePoint Services Help Search Service Settings page appears on the server.

  5. In the Service Account section, specify the user name and password for the service account.

  6. In the Content Access Account section, select an account for the search service for access all content.

  7. In the Search Database section, enter the database server name, database name, and database authentication on which the search runs.

  8. In the Indexing Schedule section, configure the indexing schedule.

  9. Click Start. The service starts to run on the new server.

  10. To stop the service that is running on the old server, select the server name on which the Central Administration service is running.

  11. In the Windows SharePoint Services Help Search service section, click Stop.

Note

If the service does not stop, you must uninstall the service. For more information, see Uninstall a service.

Move the Windows SharePoint Services Web Application service to a new server

Use this procedure to move the Windows SharePoint Services Web Application service to a dedicated front-end Web server that you have added or to an additional server for load balancing, or when you want to run the service only on a specific application server. The service stops running on the old server and starts to run on the newly added server.

Move the Windows SharePoint Services Web Application service to a new server

  1. On the top navigation bar in Central Administration, click Operations.

  2. On the Operations page, in the Topologies and Services section, click Services on server.

  3. Select the new server name on which you want move your service. A list of services that you have chosen to run on the server is displayed under Status and Action.

  4. To start the Windows SharePoint Services Web Application service, click Start in the Action column. The service starts to run on the current server selected in the Server section. Then the service starts to run on the new server.

  5. To stop the service that is running on the old server, select the server name on which the Central Administration service is running.

  6. In the Windows SharePoint Services Web Application service section, click Stop.

Note

If the service does not stop, you must uninstall the service. For more information, see Uninstall a service.

See Also

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