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Indexes invalid on every restart

insumo — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:41:37 GMT

Hi All,We have an Alfresco Labs3 system that has been running without a problem for a couple of months, but now fails to start up unless a full reindex is performed.After performing the full reindex, the system will then run as normal, until shut down. On restart, Alfresco will fail to start unless

Re: Indexes invalid on every restart

loftux — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:41:09 GMT

Did you delete (or rename if you want to keep a backup) the lucene-indexes folder before doing the full reindexing?
This way you make sure you get a clean index.

Re: Indexes invalid on every restart

insumo — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:44:45 GMT

Yes, we have removed the indexes, (rm -rf lucene-indexes) and performed a full reindex, and get this problem.

Also, when the reindex mode is set to FULL, it takes around an hour and a half to reindex. When we set to AUTO, we've seen it get to 70% after 15 hours (i.e. over night) at which point we kill it and do a full reindex.

Thanks
Steve

Re: Indexes invalid on every restart

loftux — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:12:22 GMT

Is dir.root in custom-repository.properties set to have an absolute path?
Maybe set the dir.indexes=${dir.root}/lucene-indexes?
Have you checked file permissions so that the account that you run alfresco under have full access? Check not only the indexes folder, but also tomcat temp and work folders and the contentstore.

Re: Indexes invalid on every restart

insumo — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:46:28 GMT

Unfortunately, all configs for directory are correct, so I still have no idea why this is behaving as it is. If we remove the alf_data directory and wipe out the database, the install will operate correctly, only without any data.

As this has now dragged on too long, I'll be performing an export to import into a new instance. Can anyone provide any tips on using the command line import/export to pull over all content, including versions? I've exported SpacesStore and Version2Store, but after importing with UPDATE_EXISTING, I end up with two roots for /app:company_home.


13:24:30,602 User:System ERROR [filesys.repo.ContentDiskDriver] Error during create context
org.alfresco.jlan.server.core.DeviceContextException: Multiple possible roots for device: 
   root path: /app:company_home
   results: [workspace://SpacesStore/0ae71b2a-eee0-4082-b35f-23136bda69ad, workspace://SpacesStore/bc2fe280-7e00-4e39-baa2-8d1e0d769581]
   at org.alfresco.filesys.repo.ContentDiskDriver.createContext(ContentDiskDriver.java:382)
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Again, any suggestions?

Thanks in advance
Steve

Re: Indexes invalid on every restart

ofrxnz — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:22:43 GMT

i learned not to export the root directory but to export/import each folder in company home individually….it was easiest for me