Restoring the activity stream search index
If the activity stream search index becomes corrupt or is not being refreshed properly, you can delete the existing index data to rebuild the index.
About this task
Note: In a clustered environment, ACTIVITY_STREAM_SEARCH_REPLICATION_DIR
is a shared folder whereas ACTIVITY_STREAM_SEARCH_INDEX_DIR exists
on each one of the servers.
Procedure
- To access the Activity Stream Search Administration page,
enter the following URL in your browser and log in using your admin
user credentials:
There is no link provided from the HCL Connections user interface, you must access the page using the direct URL.http://server_name/news/web/activityStreamSearchAdmin/ activityStreamSearchAdmin.action
- Disable all the crawlers listed on the page by selecting for each crawler.
- Find the value of the ACTIVITY_STREAM_SEARCH_REPLICATION_DIR
and ACTIVITY_STREAM_SEARCH_INDEX_DIR WebSphere® Application Server variables.
- Log in to the WebSphere® Integrated Solutions Console.
- Expand Environment and select Websphere Variables.
- Look for the ACTIVITY_STREAM_SEARCH_REPLICATION_DIR and ACTIVITY_STREAM_SEARCH_INDEX_DIR variables and make a note of their respective locations.
- Navigate to the location specified by the ACTIVITY_STREAM_SEARCH_REPLICATION_DIR variable and delete the contents of the directory.
- Navigate to the location specified by the ACTIVITY_STREAM_SEARCH_INDEX_DIR variable and delete the contents of the directory.
- Return to the Activity Stream Search Administration page and enable all the crawlers.