How to Start a Full-Text Indexing Full Population

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After you create the index, you must run a full population (also called a crawl) to fill the index with data. To start a full-text indexing full population, perform the following procedure.

Before You Begin

The resource usage setting for full-text indexing is located on the Full-Text Indexing tab of the server's Properties dialog box. By default, it is set to Low. If you are experiencing performance issues with the Exchange server while the Microsoft Search service is performing a full or incremental population, you can reduce the resource usage to Minimum. By setting the resource usage to Minimum, you further reduce the amount of resources the Microsoft Search service can use. Therefore, full or incremental populations take longer to complete, but there will not be any data loss.

Procedure

To start a full population

  1. Make sure full-text searches are unavailable during full population. Otherwise, users will assume that they can conduct full-text searches, but their searches will not return the expected results. To make full-text searches unavailable:

    1. In Exchange System Manager, right-click the mailbox store or public folder store that you want to index, and then click Properties.

    2. Click Full-Text Indexing, and then clear the This index is currently available for searching by clients check box.

  2. In Exchange System Manager, right-click the mailbox store or public folder store that you want to index, and then click Start Full Population.