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:
- Open your completed Installation and Upgrade Worksheet
file.
Tip: In the worksheet file, verify that
the command is enabled,
and filter by ACCE: Create an Index Area in
the Installation or Configuration Program column.
- Start Administration Console for Content Platform Engine if you did not already
do so:
- 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.
- Log on as the gcd_admin user.
- Select an object store in the left pane, navigate to , and click New Index Area to
start the New Index Area wizard.
- Complete the wizard screens by using the values from your
worksheet.
- Repeat these steps to create additional index areas with
different names.