Start an incremental crawl (Office SharePoint Server 2007)
Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007
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Topic Last Modified: 2016-11-14
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Start an incremental crawl of a particular content source
Start an incremental crawl of all content sources
Before you perform this procedure, we recommend that:
- You have read the topic Crawl content (Office SharePoint Server 2007).
Important
You must be a shared services administrator to perform the following procedures.
When you perform an incremental crawl, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007:
Crawls the content specified in the content source you are crawling that does not already exist in the index.
Crawls content that does exist in the index but has been updated on the host server since the last crawl.
Removes from the index all content for the content source being crawled that no longer exists on the host server or can no longer be reached due to errors, such as denial of permissions.
You can start an incremental crawl of a particular content source or all content sources at once.
Start an incremental crawl of a particular content source
Use the following procedure to start an incremental crawl of a particular content source.
Start an incremental crawl of a particular content source
Complete one of the following steps depending on the status of your installation.
If the Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers is installed, in Central Administration, on the Quick Launch, in the Shared Services Administration group, click a shared service.
On the Shared Services Administration page, in the Search section, click Search administration.
On the Search Administration page, on the Quick Launch, in the Crawling section, click Content sources.
Note
For more information, see Description of the Microsoft Office Servers Infrastructure Update (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=121886).
If the Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers is not installed, in Central Administration, on the Quick Launch, in the Shared Services Administration group, click a shared service.
On the Shared Services Administration page, in the Search section, click Search settings.
On the Configure Search Settings page, in the Crawl Settings section, click Content sources and crawl schedules.
On the Manage Content Sources page, point to the content source you want to crawl, click the arrow that appears, and then click Start Incremental Crawl on the menu that appears.
Note
The value in the Status column changes to Crawling Incremental for the content source you selected unless the system detects that a full crawl is required, in which case the Status column changes to Crawling Full and the system performs a full crawl.
Repeat step 3 for each content source for which you want to do an incremental crawl.
Note
The value in the Status column does not change when the crawl is complete. To update the Status column, refresh the Manage Content Sources page by clicking Refresh on the toolbar.
Start an incremental crawl of all content sources
Use the following procedure to start an incremental crawl of all content sources. Note that the system performs a full crawl of any content source that the system detects requires a full crawl.
Start an incremental crawl of all content sources
Complete one of the following steps depending on the status of your installation.
If the Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers is installed, in Central Administration, on the Quick Launch, in the Shared Services Administration group, click a shared service.
On the Shared Services Administration page, in the Search section, click Search administration.
On the Search Administration page, on the Quick Launch, in the Crawling section, click Content sources.
Note
For more information, see Description of the Microsoft Office Servers Infrastructure Update (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=121886).
If the Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers is not installed, in Central Administration, on the Quick Launch, in the Shared Services Administration group, click a shared service.
On the Shared Services Administration page, in the Search section, click Search settings.
On the Configure Search Settings page, in the Crawl Settings section, click Content sources and crawl schedules.
On the Manage Content Sources page, in the Quick Launch, click Start all crawls.
Note
The value in the Status column changes to Crawling Incremental for all content sources unless the system detects that a full crawl is required, in which case the value in the Status column changes to Crawling Full.
Note that the value in the Status column on the page does not automatically change when the crawl is completed. To update the Status column, you must refresh the Manage Content Sources page by clicking Refresh.
See Also
Concepts
Schedule an incremental crawl (Office SharePoint Server 2007)