I recently added an index server to our farm (MOSS 2007, 1 WFE, 1 SQL) and split up indexing and querying duties between the new server and old WFE. Everything appears to be functioning normally, I see no errors in the event logs, all service accounts are the same as before, but if I try and do a search I get no results returned. I have been running crawls (current crawl time is 10 hours and counting) but if I look it says that there are 0 items in the index. I am also getting nothing in the crawl log. No errors, no warnings, nothing. I'm stumped without any errors as to what might be the cause. Search was working fine before I added the new box. Any help would be appreciated.

if you log into the index server, are you able to view the site(s) you are trying to index?

Hi, To share the index, you need to do some configurations in central administration. Please follow the Start the Office SharePoint Server Search service on the index server Start the Office SharePoint Server Search service on query servers Sections from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc197594(office.12).aspx Seven Ma TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com

if you log into the index server, are you able to view the site(s) you are trying to index? Interesting. The site prompts me for credentials but refuses to take a valid username/password. Any ideas why that would be? I also notice that the index server has mirrored the IIS websites and app pools from my query server but it's missing a few app pools/sites and there are a few app pools/sites that I had recently deleted from the query server that are shown on the index box. Seven Ma, thanks for the link. I pretty much followed both of those instructions to the letter. I have the index folder shared out on the query box, accounts are farm admins so there shouldnt be a permission issue there.

if you log into the index server, are you able to view the site(s) you are trying to index? Interesting. The site prompts me for credentials but refuses to take a valid username/password. Any ideas why that would be? I also notice that the index server has mirrored the IIS websites and app pools from my query server but it's missing a few app pools/sites and there are a few app pools/sites that I had recently deleted from the query server that are shown on the index box. Seven Ma, thanks for the link. I pretty much followed both of those instructions to the letter. I have the index folder shared out on the query box, accounts are farm admins so there shouldnt be a permission issue there.

Are you logging into the index server with your account or the crawl account? On my primary server, the crawl account is part of the following WSS_ windows groups: WSS_ADMIN_WPG WSS_RESTRICTED_WPG WSS_WPG in Central Admin. the only services enabled on my index server are: Office SharePoint Server Search Windows SharePoint Services Help Search Windows SharePoint Services Web Application

Are you logging into the index server with your account or the crawl account? On my primary server, the crawl account is part of the following WSS_ windows groups: WSS_ADMIN_WPG WSS_RESTRICTED_WPG WSS_WPG in Central Admin. the only services enabled on my index server are: Office SharePoint Server Search Windows SharePoint Services Help Search Windows SharePoint Services Web Application

Are you logging into the index server with your account or the crawl account? On my primary server, the crawl account is part of the following WSS_ windows groups: WSS_ADMIN_WPG WSS_RESTRICTED_WPG WSS_WPG in Central Admin. the only services enabled on my index server are: Office SharePoint Server Search Windows SharePoint Services Help Search Windows SharePoint Services Web Application I was trying it with my account which is a domain/farm admin. My crawl account was not in WSS_RESTRICTED_WPG so I added it there. I have both Office SharePoint Server Search and Windows SharePoint Services Web Application services running on the index box.

On the index server. Is your site added to the trusted sites in IE? In IE, what option is selected for User Authentication? also take a look at this: http://alliknw.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-cannot-open-my-sharepoint-site-on.html http://www.sharepointed.com

Well, we're making progress. I saw that fix but didnt think it was applicable, my understanding was that I was bringing up my site from the query server, not the index server. Anyway, I was able to successfully have it take my credentials and now I am getting the below error. Event Type: Warning Event Source: ASP.NET 2.0.50727.0 Event Category: Web Event Event ID: 1310 Date: 5/13/2011 Time: 12:42:34 PM User: N/A Computer: xxx Description: Event code: 3008 Event message: A configuration error has occurred. Event time: 5/13/2011 12:42:34 PM Event time (UTC): 5/13/2011 4:42:34 PM Event ID: 3b9edc30b6b146089185a259334e7593 Event sequence: 32 Event occurrence: 1 Event detail code: 0 Application information: Application domain: /LM/W3SVC/1598129989/Root-1-129497785154515041 Trust level: WSS_Custom Application Virtual Path: / Application Path: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\443\ Machine name: xxx Process information: Process ID: 1428 Process name: w3wp.exe Account name: xxx Exception information: Exception type: ConfigurationErrorsException Exception message: Could not load file or assembly 'RSSharePointSoapProxy, Version=9.0.242.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. (C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\443\web.config line 120) Request information: Request URL: xxx/_layouts/error.aspx Request path: /_layouts/error.aspx User host address: xxx User: xxx Is authenticated: True Authentication Type: NTLM Thread account name: xxx Thread information: Thread ID: 1 Thread account name: xxx Is impersonating: True Stack trace: at System.Web.Configuration.ConfigUtil.GetType(String typeName, String propertyName, ConfigurationElement configElement, XmlNode node, Boolean checkAptcaBit, Boolean ignoreCase) at System.Web.Configuration.HttpHandlerAction.InitValidateInternal() at System.Web.Configuration.HttpHandlersSection.ValidateHandlers() at System.Web.Configuration.HttpHandlersSection.FindMapping(String verb, VirtualPath path) at System.Web.HttpApplication.GetHandlerMapping(HttpContext context, String requestType, VirtualPath path, Boolean useAppConfig) at System.Web.HttpApplication.MapHttpHandler(HttpContext context, String requestType, VirtualPath path, String pathTranslated, Boolean useAppConfig) at System.Web.HttpApplication.MapHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) Custom event details: For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Thanks for the help!

Do you have SQL Reporting Services Integration loaded on the primary box? Exception message: Could not load file or assembly 'RSSharePointSoapProxy, Version=9.0.242.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. (C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\443\web.config line 120) blog about this error: http://techdhaan.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/unable-to-find-file-rssharepointsoapproxy-error-in-sql-reporting-services-sharepoint-mode/ I'm at a real loss. In the past when I've had this issue, it was fixed by messing with the Hosts file, updating the Windows Services - Log On As accounts (example: Windows SharePoint Services Search - domain\sp_account), IE settings, or re-running the SP Wizard using a Farm account. http://www.sharepointed.com