Moving SharePoint Search Index

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[edit] Determine Current Settings

To get a list of the settings for the SharePoint search settings, you can execute the following command:

stsadm -o spsearch -action list

This will display the account information, status, index location, and content databases being indexed.

[edit] Moving SharePoint Search Index

To move the index to another location, simply execute the following command:

stsadm -o spsearch -indexlocation <<path to new location>>

[edit] Moving the Index associated with your Shared Service Provider (SSP)

To move the index for the SSP without resetting the index you must use the following command:

stsadm -o editssp -title <<SSPNAME>> -indexlocation <<path to new location>>

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