Start a full crawl (Search Server 2008)
Applies To: Microsoft Search Server 2008
Topic Last Modified: 2009-04-30
Before you perform this procedure, we recommend that:
- You have read the topic Crawl content (Search Server 2008).
Important
You must be a search services administrator to perform the following procedure. For more information, see Add or remove a search services administrator (Search Server 2008).
When you perform a full crawl, all content specified by the content source you are crawling is crawled even if the content already exists in the index. To perform a full crawl, you must crawl the content defined in a particular content source individually. Note that using the Start all crawls link on the Manage Content Sources page results in all content sources being crawled using an incremental crawl, unless the system detects that a full crawl is required.
Note
Unless otherwise noted, the information in this article applies to both Microsoft Search Server 2008 and Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express.
To start a full crawl of a particular content source
Use the following procedure to crawl content defined in a particular content source.
Crawl content defined in a particular content source
On the Search Administration page, in the Search section, click Search settings.
On the Configure Search Settings page, in the Crawl Settings section, click Content sources and crawl schedules.
On the Manage Content Sources page, click the content source, and select Start Full Crawl in the dropdown list.
Note
The value in the Status column changes to Crawling Full for the content source you selected in this step.
Repeat step 3 for each content source for which you want to do a full crawl.
Note
The value in the Status column does not automatically change when the crawl is complete. To update the Status column, refresh the Manage Content Sources page by clicking Refresh on the toolbar.