Indexing Service Catalog Updates Take Several Hours or Days to Show Changes (270056)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Indexing Service
This article was previously published under Q270056

SYMPTOMS

When you update a catalog to include a new directory for indexing, the newly indexed directory's content does not appear for several hours or days. The files are eventually indexed, but the time lapse is not acceptable.

CAUSE

A significant change in Indexing Service, included with Windows 2000, is the behavior of instant indexing by default. When originally installed, the setting is set to index at regular intervals, but not instantly. In Index Server 2.0, this was set to index instantly by default.

RESOLUTION

To enable instant indexing, Indexing Service needs to be tuned by using the Indexing Service snap-in. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Open the Computer Management MMC.
  2. Right-click Indexing Service, and then click Stop.
  3. Right-click Indexing Service again, click All Tasks, and then select Performance Tune.
  4. In the Indexing Service Usage dialog box, select Customize.
  5. In Indexing Service Performance Indexing, slide the slider bar to Instant.
  6. Right-click Indexing Service, and then click Start.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/3/2003
Keywords:kbpending kbprb KB270056
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