Removing search collections | HCL Digital Experience
If you plan to use search in a cluster, you must configure a remote search server. If you created any search collections, you must re-create them on the remote search server. If your search collection has data, export the collection before you delete it. Then, import it to the remote server.
Procedure
- Prevent the creation of search collections. To do so, complete
the substeps listed here. Note: If you have CF07 or a later fix pack installed, start the portal configuration engine task
suppress-automatic-search-service-creation
to prevent the creation of search collections. You do not need to perform the substeps listed here. After running the configuration task, continue with the next main step that deletes all search collections from the primary node. - Delete
all existing search collections from the primary node. To do so, complete
the following substeps:After you submit
all customized jobs for this task, complete the following steps to
delete all existing search collections from the primary node:
- Log on to HCL Digital Experience.
- To open the Manage Search portlet, click the Administration menu icon. Then, click .and then click Search Collections.
- Click the Delete Collection icon for each search collection and then click OK until they are all deleted.
- Restart the HCL Portal server and then go back to the Search Collections page to verify that all search collections are deleted.