View the content index location for a query server (Search Server 2008)

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Applies To: Microsoft Search Server 2008

 

Topic Last Modified: 2008-11-07

Note

This article applies to Microsoft Search Server 2008 only. It does not pertain to Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express.

This article explains how to view the location of the content index for a query server. This is the location on the query server to which the content index continually propagates from the index server. You might want to check this location, for example, to determine whether it provides enough disk space to accommodate the propagated index. For more information, see View or change content index locations (Search Server 2008).

Note

To perform the following procedure, you must be a search services administrator and a member of the Administrators group on the local computer. For more information, see Add or remove a search services administrator (Search Server 2008).

To view the location of the content index for a query server

Use this procedure to view the location of the content index on any query server that is on a separate computer from the index server.

View the location of the content index for a query server

  1. In Central Administration, on the Operations tab, in the Topology and Services section, click Services on server.

  2. On the Services on Server page:

    1. If the server name that appears is not the query server that you want to view, click the arrow next to the server name, click Change Server, and then click the appropriate query server.

    2. In the Start services in the table below section, click Office SharePoint Server Search.

  3. On the Configure Office SharePoint Server Search Service Settings page, in the Query Server Index File Location section, you can view the current propagation location setting for the content index on that query server.

  4. To return to the Services on Server page, click OK.

See Also

Concepts

Plan to deploy Search Server 2008 or Search Server 2008 Express
Add query servers to expand a farm (Search Server 2008)