Remove search collections on Windows

To use search in a cluster, configure a remote search server; If you created any search collections, re-create them on the remote search server. If the search collection has data, export the collection before deleting it and then import the data on the remote server.

Prerequisites

Install WebSphere Portal on Windows on the primary node

Clustered environment: Perform post-installation tasks on Windows

Windows clustered server: Configure the portal to use a database

Remove the search collection

1. To prevent search collection creations:

   1. Open the icm.properties file, located in the WP_PROFILE/PortalServer/jcr/lib/com/ibm/icm/ directory, and set the jcr.textsearch.enabled property to false.
      

   2. Restart the WebSphere_Portal server.

      
      

2. After submitting all customized jobs for this task to delete all existing search collections from the primary node:

   To use search in a cluster, configure a remote search server; see Configure Portal Search in a cluster on z/OS for information. If you created any search collections, you need to re-create them on the remote search server. If the search collection has data, export the collection before deleting it and then import the data on the remote server.

   1. Log on to WebSphere Portal.

   2. Navigate to...
      Administration | Manage Search | Search Collections

   3. Click the Delete Collection icon for each search collection and then click OK until they are all deleted.

   4. Restart the WebSphere_Portal server.

      and then navigate back to the Search Collections page to verify that all search collections have been deleted.

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