Hey,

I am trying to complete a full crawl. The Search Service Application Crawl status is not responding. So therefore I cannot get a full crawl to even start. I did a index reset. That didn't change the Search Service Application Crawl to online. It is still not responding. Is there a way to get around this without rebooting the whole server.

Thank you,

Hi,

Please check below in Central Admin:

-Services on Server -> SharePoint Foundation Search is started.
-Manage Web Applications -> Highlight SharePoint 80 -> User Policy -> Set crawl account to full read.
-Manage Content Content Datases -> WSS_Content -> Search Server -> Select the Search Server for Foundation 2010
-Monitoring -> Job Definitions -> SharePoint Foundation Search Refresh -> Run Now
This does your index reset and full crawl.

Also, this might be helpful - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee808864(v=office.14).aspx

Hi,

Did you configure the crawl rules? If yes, please remove them and have a try.

Please try to run configuration wizards in CA.

Also, you could try to do a full crawl using PowerShell.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2010/09/28/how-to-use-sharepoint-2010-windows-powershell-cmdlets-to-manage-search-crawls.aspx

Please create a new search service application and test whether the issue occurs. If there is no issue, you could use the new search service application.

About how to create and configure a new search service application for your reference:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Gg502597.aspx

It would be better for us to find the root reason why full crawl didnt respond if you provide corresponding logs in ULS log.

An even better way to get the real SharePoint error from the ULS logs:

http://habaneroconsulting.com/insights/An-Even-Better-Way-to-Get-the-Real-SharePoint-Error#.VT7uonkcQ5d

Thanks,

Dean Wang