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

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Applies To: Microsoft Search Server 2008

 

Topic Last Modified: 2008-10-16

Note

The information in this article pertains to both Microsoft Search Server 2008 and Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express.

As Search Server 2008 crawls content, it creates or updates a content index. The content index stores text from crawled documents and grows as the index server crawls more content. When you deploy the index server, you establish the location of the content index that is associated with that server. After you deploy the index server, you can change the location of the associated content index according to your needs.

This article explains how to view the location of the content index that is associated with the index server. You might want to check this location in situations such as the following:

  • You want to determine if the content index location has enough disk space to accommodate the content index as it grows.

  • An administrator changed the content index location after the index server was deployed. In such a case, the old content index is not automatically deleted, but it remains in its previous location. To remove the old content index, you must delete it manually from its previous location. For more information, see Change the content index location for the index server (Search Server 2008).

In this article:

  • To view the original location of the content index for the index server

  • To view the current location of the content index for the index server

Note

To view the location of the content index, 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 original location of the content index for the index server

Use this procedure to view the original location of the content index that is associated with the index server. This is the location you established for the content index when you installed Search Server on the index server.

View the original location of the content index for the index 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 index server, click the arrow next to the server name, click Change Server, and then click the index 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 Index Server Default File Location section, you can view the original index file location.

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

To view the current location of the content index for the index server

Use this procedure to view the current location of the content index for the index server.

View the current location of the content index for the index server

  1. In Central Administration, in the Quick Launch, click Shared Services Administration.

  2. On the Manage this Farm’s Shared Services page, point to the Shared Services Provider, click the arrow, and then click Edit Properties.

  3. In the Index Server section, in the Path for index file location box, you can view the location of the content index on the index server.

  4. To return to the Manage this Farm’s Shared Services page, click OK.