Managing the indexing server

The Surround SCM indexing server starts automatically when the Surround SCM Server starts. You may need to restart the indexing server if you make changes to the indexing registry settings or stop the server. You can also view the current server status, memory usage, index storage size, server version, and server log.

1. Choose Tools > Administration > Server Options.

The Server Options dialog box opens.

2. Select Indexing Server from the Global Server Options category.

3. Click Start to start the indexing server if it is not running.

When the indexing server starts, branch indexes are available for searching. You can turn on indexing for branches and view indexing status in the Branch Maintenance dialog box. See Turning branch indexing on or off.

4. Click Stop to stop the server.

Note: By default, the indexing server restarts automatically when the Surround SCM Server is restarted. If you do not want the indexing server to start automatically, you can use the registry utility to change the indexing server startup options. See Editing indexing server options.

5. Click Refresh to refresh the server information.

6. Click View Log to view the indexing server log and troubleshoot issues. See Viewing the indexing server log.

7. Click OK to save the changes.