Pause the index rebuild process

Current version: 10.1

The index rebuild process can be slow or affect the live indexing performance. In such cases, you might want to temporarily pause the process to scale-up resources or adjust some configurations. You can pause and continue a rebuild process with two PowerShell commands.

Note

The Sitecore.XconnectSearchIndexer.exe program exits after it has sent its command. It does not wait for the rebuild process to react or reply.

To pause a running rebuild process:

  1. Go to the <xConnect role root>\App_Data\job\continuous\IndexWorker\ folder.

  2. Run the Sitecore.XConnectSearchIndexer.exe -PauseRebuild command. You can also use the shorter -pr argument.

To continue a paused rebuild process:

  1. Go to the <xConnect role root>\App_Data\job\continuous\IndexWorker\ folder.

  2. Run the Sitecore.XConnectSearchIndexer.exe -ContinueRebuild command. You can also use the shorter -cr argument.

The Sitecore.XconnectSearchIndexer.exe program returns an error message if:

  • You send a PauseRebuild command when there is no running rebuild process to pause.

  • You send a PauseRebuild command when the running rebuild process is in its final stage.

  • You send a ContinueRebuild command when there is no paused rebuild process to continue.

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