Manage crawling (Search Server 2010)
Applies to: Search Server 2010
Topic Last Modified: 2016-09-13
You can perform the following procedures to manage crawling:
Add, edit, or delete a content source (Search Server 2010). Describes how to create a content source so that the search system can crawl content, and how to change or delete a content source.
Manage crawl rules (Search Server 2010). Describes how to add crawl rules to include or exclude specific paths when you crawl content and how to specify the authorization credentials that are required to crawl that content. Also describes how to test, delete, or reorder existing crawl rules.
Start, pause, resume, or stop a crawl (Search Server 2010). Describes how to manually start, pause, resume, or stop a crawl.
Add a file type to the content index (Search Server 2010). Describes how to add a file type to the list of file types that are crawled.
Delete a file type from the content index (Search Server 2010). Describes how to delete a file type from the content index so that files of that type are no longer crawled and no longer appear in the content index.
Reset the content index (Search Server 2010). Describes how and when to reset the content index, and what to do after you reset it.
Install connectors (Search Server 2010). Lists the default connector protocols and gives overviews of the Exchange connector, Lotus Notes connector, and Documentum connector.
Configure and use the Exchange connector (Search Server 2010). Describes how to create a crawl rule and add a content source for crawling Microsoft Exchange Server public folders.
Configure and use the Lotus Notes connector (Search Server 2010). Describes how to configure the Lotus Notes connector.
Configure and use the Documentum connector (Search Server 2010). Describes how to download and configure the Indexing Connector for Documentum.
Manage deletion of index items (Search Server 2010). Describes how to prevent accidental deletion of content from the index when the crawler encounters errors during a full crawl or an incremental crawl.
Best practices for using crawl logs (Search Server 2010). Describes how to use the crawl log to diagnose problems with the search experience.
Use search administration reports (Search Server 2010). Describes how to use search administration reports to determine the health of search service applications.