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Search Crawl Log Error – Access is denied

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Scenario: Crawl History shows 0 successes and a bunch of security errors. The following error is logged in the Error Breakdown: "Access is denied. Verify that either the Default Content Access Account has access to this repository, or add a crawl rule to crawl this repository." Possible Solution: Check your hosts file. In my case, … Continue reading Search Crawl Log Error – Access is denied

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Working Around Low Disk Space During A Full Crawl

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TIL that space is released when you pause a crawl! Backstory: We decided to re-index our SharePoint site due to spotty search results, and learned the hard way that we didn't have enough space to run a full crawl. Adding space wasn't an option and I had to get the search working again or else face … Continue reading Working Around Low Disk Space During A Full Crawl

Recent Crawl/Query Rates Incorrectly Show 0.00 Items Per Second

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Problem: "Recent crawl rate" and "Recent query rate" statistics incorrectly show 0.00 items per second on the Search Administration page. Confirmed the crawl rate from the Crawl Health Reports page. Confirmed that the number of searchable items was increasing. Found a TON of update conflict errors (event ID 6398 and 6482) in the Application event … Continue reading Recent Crawl/Query Rates Incorrectly Show 0.00 Items Per Second