Move Search Index Location from C drive to other Drive

Move SharePoint Search Index Location from C drive to other Drive

We can move search index location using Powershell in SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013.

Powershell Script:

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

 #Get the current Search topology

$ssa = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication “Search Service Application”

$instance=Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance -Local

$current=Get-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology -SearchApplication $ssa -Active

 

#Clone the current Search topology

$clone=New-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology -Clone -SearchApplication $ssa -SearchTopology $current

 

#Servers

$hostSrch1 = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance -Identity “ServerName” 

$hostSrch2 = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance -Identity “ServerName”

 

#Declare New Index location

$PrimaryIndexLocation = “D:\Search\IndexLocation”

$ReplicaIndexLocation = “D: \Search\IndexLocation”

 

#Adding new Index components

New-SPEnterpriseSearchIndexComponent -SearchTopology $clone -SearchServiceInstance $hostSrch1 -RootDirectory $PrimaryIndexLocation -IndexPartition 0

New-SPEnterpriseSearchIndexComponent -SearchTopology $clone -SearchServiceInstance $hostSrch2 -RootDirectory $ReplicaIndexLocation -IndexPartition 0

 

#Deleting of old Index components

$comp1=Get-SPEnterpriseSearchComponent -SearchTopology $clone | ? {$_.Name -eq “IndexComponent1”}

$comp2=Get-SPEnterpriseSearchComponent -SearchTopology $clone | ? {$_.Name -eq “IndexComponent2”}

 

Remove-SPEnterpriseSearchComponent -Identity $comp1 -SearchTopology $clone

Remove-SPEnterpriseSearchComponent -Identity $comp2 -SearchTopology $clone

 

#Activate the cloned Search topology

Set-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology -Identity $clone

 

#Remove the old Search topology

Remove-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology -Identity $current

 

#Remove the old index component

This must be done by get, clone, modify, activate the new search topology and remove the old search topology.

$current=Get-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology -SearchApplication $ssa

$clone=New-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology -Clone -SearchApplication $ssa -SearchTopology $current

 

#Activate the cloned Search topology

Set-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology -Identity $clone

 

#Remove the old Search topology

Remove-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology -Identity $current

OR

#Retrieve the inactie Topologies

Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication | Get-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology |? {$_.State -eq “Inactive”}

#Remove the inactive Topologies

Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication | Get-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology |? {$_.State -eq “Inactive”} |% { Remove-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology -Identity $_ -Confirm:$false};