FileNet P8 Content Search Engine, Version 5.2.1            Operating systems:  AIX, Linux, Linux on System z, Solaris, Windows

Creating an index area

Index areas contain the IBM® Search indexes for the content-based retrieval data that is created, updated, and queried by IBM Content Search Services. You must create index areas in order to search for text within object stores. If you want all the IBM Content Search Services index servers that are associated with an object store to perform indexing work, the number of index areas that are associated with the object store must be equal to the number of index servers.

Before you begin

Be sure that you have available the Installation and Upgrade Worksheet that was completed during your planning activities.

Ensure that the location of the index area that you create is read- and write-accessible from all IBM Content Search Services servers in these modes: index, search, and dual (index and search).

Restriction: If you do not create an index area for the object store, the error message IBM Content Search Services was not enabled is displayed when you try to enable text search on the object store.

About this task

Important: It is a best practice for Content Platform Engine storage areas and IBM Content Search Services full-text indexes to not share the same root directory, disk, or volume. Otherwise, disk I/O contention will cause degraded performance.

Procedure

To create an index area:

  1. Open your completed Installation and Upgrade Worksheet file.
    Tip: In the worksheet file, verify that the Data > Filter > AutoFilter command is enabled, and filter by ACCE: Create an Index Area in the Installation or Configuration Program column.
  2. Start Administration Console for Content Platform Engine if you did not already do so:
    1. On any computer, open a browser and navigate to the Administration Console for Content Platform Engine logon page:
      • In a standard availability environment, the logon page is at http://CPE_Server:port/acce. CPE_Server is the name of the system where Content Platform Engine is deployed. port is the HTTP port that is used by the application server where Content Platform Engine is deployed.
      • In a high availability environment, the logon page is at http://virtual_server:port/acce. virtual_server is the name of the load balancer or proxy server where the clusters of Content Platform Engine is deployed. port is the port number of the load balancer or proxy server.
    2. Log on as the gcd_admin user.
  3. Select an object store in the left pane, navigate to Administrative > Index Areas, and click New Index Area to start the New Index Area wizard.
  4. Complete the wizard screens by using the values from your worksheet.
  5. Repeat these steps to create additional index areas with different names.


Last updated: October 2015
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