Customizing Indexing - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

14 Deselect Enable Automatic Database Recovery. Make sure another POA handles database
recovery.
15 Set Maintenance Handler Threads to 0 (zero). Make sure another POA handles database
maintenance and disk space management.
16 Deselect Perform User Upkeep and deselect Generate Address Book for Remote. Make sure
another POA handles these tasks.
17 Click OK to save the new settings for dedicated indexing.
18 Install the POA software on a different server from where the original POA for the post office is
already running. See
19 Add the
/name switch to the POA startup file and specify the name designated when the new
POA object was created. Also add the /name switch to the startup file for the original POA.
20 Start the dedicated indexing POA.
Corresponding Startup Switches You can also use the /nomf, /notcpip, /norecover, /nonuu, and
nordab switches in the POA startup file to disable unwanted processing, then use the /qfinterval,
qfintervalinminute, /qfbaseoffset, and
schedule.

38.3.4 Customizing Indexing

By default, the POA indexes 500 items in a user or library database, then moves on to the next
database during each QuickFinder indexing cycle. The indexing cycle is established on the
QuickFinder property page of the POA object. By default, QuickFinder indexing is performed once
a day at 8:00 p.m. If a database has more than 500 items that need to be indexed, items beyond 500
wait for the next indexing cycle.
Occasionally, circumstances arise where indexing needs are especially heavy for a short period of
time. This can occur when you move users to a different post office or if the QuickFinder indexes for
a post office become damaged. Startup switches are available for temporary use in the POA startup
file to customize the way the POA handles indexing. In general, they are not intended for long-term
use. You might want to set up a separate POA just to handle the temporary indexing needs, as
described in Section 38.3.3, "Configuring a Dedicated Indexing POA," on page
switches only with the dedicated indexing POA.
Because the switches are placed in the POA startup file, you must stop and then start the POA to put
the settings into effect.
"Determining What to Index" on page 573
"Determining Indexing Priority" on page 574
"Reclaiming Disk Space" on page 574
Determining What to Index
You can configure the POA to index just user mailbox contents or just library contents. Use the
qfnousers switch to focus on indexing library contents. Use the
user mailbox contents. Use the
word lists that are normally written to user databases that reference documents.
"Installing GroupWise Agents" in the
/qfbaseoffsetinminute
/qfnopreproc switch to suppress even the generation of document
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switches to control the indexing
571, and use these
/qfnolibs switch to focus on indexing
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