How to move my WebIndexes folder

If you are running out of disk space on the drive where you installed Perceptive Enterprise Search, you can move the WebIndexes to another volume. This is a manual process, so care should be taken.

You should backup your Program Files\Perceptive Enterprise Search\ISYSweb.cfg before you begin.

1. Stop the Perceptive Enterprise Search service.
   
   • in the Windows Control Panel
   • double click Administrative Tools
   • double click Services
   • find the entry for ISYSweb9 and click the Stop button.
2. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the location where you installed Perceptive Enterprise Search, this is Program Files\Perceptive Enterprise Search by default.
3. Select the WebIndexes folder, then from the menu select Edit > Copy.
4. Navigate Windows Explorer to the location where you want to store your WebIndexes; from the menu select Edit > Paste.
   This will copy all your indexes to the new location.
5. Once the copy has completed, you need to adjust the Perceptive Enterprise Search web configuration. Open a copy of Notepad.
6. In Notepad, open the file Program Files\Perceptive Enterprise Search\ISYSweb.cfg.
   • Find the line that starts with <Paths
   • Find the part of this line that has Data="WebIndexes"
   • Change the value to be the fully qualified path to the new location, for example Data="d:\WebIndexes"
   • Save the changes.
7. Restart the ISYSweb9 service.
Go to the search site and try to search one of your indexes. If you see results, you have successfully moved your WebIndexes folder and should be able to safely remove the original ones.