24.3 Optimizing the Lucene Index

If you notice that search performance in Novell Vibe is becoming slower over time, you might want to optimize your Lucene index.

For a medium to large Vibe system, it is recommended that you run the optimization once a week. You should run the optimization during off hours or on weekends when the Vibe system is not being heavily used.

Optimizing the Lucene index does not repair a damaged or out-of-date index. To repair a damaged or out-of-date index, you must rebuild the index, as described in Section 24.4, Rebuilding the Lucene Index.

24.3.1 Optimizing a Single Search Index

  1. Log in to the Vibe site as the Vibe administrator.

  2. Click the Settings icon in the upper right corner of the page, then click the Administration Console icon .

  3. Under Management, click Search Index.

    Manage the Search Index page

  4. Click the Optimize Search Index tab.

  5. Select Run Immediately if you want to run the optimization right now.

  6. Select Run at Scheduled Time, then specify the days and times that you want the optimization to occur.

  7. Click OK.

24.3.2 Optimizing the Search Index with Multiple Index Servers

  1. Log in to the Vibe site as the Vibe administrator.

  2. Click the Settings icon Manage the Search Index page in the upper right corner of the page, then click the Administration Console icon Manage the Search Index page.

  3. In the Search Index section, click Index.

  4. Click the Optimize Search Index tab.

  5. Select Run Immediately if you want to run the optimization right now.

  6. Select Run at Scheduled Time, then specify the days and times that you want the optimization to occur.

  7. Select each node that you want to optimize.

  8. Click OK.