Start an incremental crawl (Search Server 2008)
Applies To: Microsoft Search Server 2008
Topic Last Modified: 2009-06-24
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Note
Unless otherwise noted, the information in this article applies to both Microsoft Search Server 2008 and Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express.
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 procedures. For more information, see Add or remove a search services administrator (Search Server 2008).
When you perform an incremental crawl, Microsoft Search Server 2008:
Crawls the content specified in the content source you are crawling that does not already exist in the index.
Crawls content that does exist in the index but has been updated on the host server since the last crawl.
Removes from the index all content for the content source being crawled that no longer exists on the host server or can no longer be reached due to errors, such as denial of permissions.
Start an incremental crawl of a particular content source
Use the following procedure to start an incremental crawl of a particular content source.
Start an incremental crawl of 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 that you want to crawl, and select Start Incremental Crawl in the dropdown list.
Note
The value in the Status column changes to Crawling Incremental for the content source you selected unless the system detects that a full crawl is required, in which case the Status column changes to Crawling Full and the system performs a full crawl.
Repeat step 3 for each content source for which you want to do an incremental crawl.
Note
The value in the Status column does not change when the crawl is complete. To update the Status column, refresh the Manage Content Sources page by clicking Refresh on the toolbar.