Building the index on UNIX or Linux

To build the index on UNIX or Linux

1 On the machine where you installed Horizon Index Services, open a console window.
2 At the “#” prompt, enter this command:

cd Horizon Index Services installation directory/sun/

3 At the “#” prompt, enter this command:

./startindexserver

Your system starts the indexer as a background process.

4 At the “#” prompt, enter this command:

cd Horizon Index Services installation directory/sun/

5 At the “#” prompt, enter this command:

./startmassindexer

The Indexer builds the index. The console window shows the progress of the Indexer. This sample text shows the kind of information you will see:

Initialize index files.
Index files initialized.
Indexed: 250 of 156130. Records per second: 35
Indexed: 500 of 156130. Records per second: 41
Indexed: 1000 of 156130. Records per second: 44

Note: If the Indexer is interrupted before the index is complete, you can resume the build. (For instructions, see Resume a mass build of the index.)

After the index is built, the Indexer automatically switches to dynamic indexing mode to keep the index up-to-date as your library adds, updates, and deletes bib, item, and copy records. The console window shows these messages when the Indexer is running in dynamic mode:

Waking up and checking for work to do.
Sleeping for 30 seconds.

To have future changes to your records included in the index, leave the Indexer and the Index Server running on an ongoing basis.

If you need to stop the Indexer for some reason, see Stop the Indexer.

 


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