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The Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Search index may be corrupted when you upgrade Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008
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When you upgrade Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008,
the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Search index may be corrupted.
RESOLUTION
To recover from this problem, follow these steps:
- Click Start, point to All
Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then
click SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration.
- Click the Operations tab, and then click
Services on Server.
- For the Windows SharePoint Services Help Search service,
click Stop.
- Click OK when you receive the following
message:
The Windows SharePoint Services Search service
that was enabled on this server will be uninstalled and all index files will be
deleted permanently.
- Repeat step 1 through step 4 on each server where the
Windows SharePoint Services Search service is running.
- On the server in the farm in which you want the Search feature to be available,
start the Windows SharePoint Services Search service.
- On the Configure Windows SharePoint Services Search Service
Settings page, specify the required account settings. Also, specify a new
Search database. You can delete the original Search database. Or, you can
specify a new name for the Search database to avoid a conflict.
MORE INFORMATION
To prevent this problem, stop the Windows SharePoint
Services 3.0 Search service before you upgrade Windows Server 2003 to Windows
Server 2008. To do this, follow these steps:
- On the Windows Server 2003-based computer that is running
Windows SharePoint Services, click Start, click
Run, type services.msc, and then click
OK.
- Locate the Windows SharePoint Services Search service,
right-click the service, and then click Properties. In the
Startup type list, click Disabled, and then
click OK.
- Locate the Windows SharePoint Services Search service,
right-click the service, and then click Stop.
- Upgrade Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server
2008.
- After you upgrade Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server
2008, click Start, click Run, type
services.msc, and then click
OK.
- Locate the Windows SharePoint Services Search service,
right-click the service, and then click Properties. In the
Startup type list, click Manual, and then
click OK.
- Locate the Windows SharePoint Services Search service,
right-click the service, and then click Start.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
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