Content DB Search fails to find file

Question

Search does not return the file when searching unless the search starts on the specific folder the file is in. When a search is performed at a container and or library level, the file is not found unless you perform the search at the /domain/container/library/folder level. Any thoughts of what to check for ?

Answer 1

I got the same problem here, and I found the solution from MetaLink.
This may related to the corruption of the folder index, try to drop and create the folder index. Then the search will be worked again.
1. Shut down the Content Services domain
2. Set the java environment variables:
set JAVA_HOME=%ORACLE_HOME%/jdk/bin
set CLASSPATH=%ORACLE_HOME%/jdbc/lib/classes12.zip;%ORACLE_HOME%/content/lib/content.jar;%ORACLE_HOME%/content/lib/backport-util-concurrent.jar;%ORACLE_HOME%/jlib/ldap.jar;%ORACLE_HOME%/jlib/ldapjclnt10.jar;%ORACLE_HOME%/lib/xmlparserv2.jar
3. Run the DropFolderIndex tool in the Content Services %ORACLE_HOME%:
java oracle.ifs.admin.tools.folderindex.DropFolderIndex
4. The tool will prompt for the domain and schema password;
The format of a Content Services domain is:
ifs://<databasehost>:<listenerport>:<globalDatabaseName>:<schema>
5. The output should read:
Starting service
Session established
Folder index does exist; dropping now...
Dropping Folder index
Folder index successfully dropped
6. Now re-create the folder index by running the CreateFolderIndex tool:
java oracle.ifs.admin.tools.folderindex.CreateFolderIndex
7. The tool will prompt for the domain and schema password;
The format of a Content Services domain is:
ifs://<databasehost>:<listenerport>:<globalDatabaseName>:<schema>
e.g.
ifs://benc211.be.oracle.com:1521:csinfra.be.oracle.com:CONTENT
8. The output should read:
Starting service
Session established
Creating Folder index...
Creating Folder index tables
Creating Folder index initial self-reference rows
Promoting Folder Root Folder to level 2
Promoting Folder be to level 1
Promoting Folder bepartner to level 1
Promoting Folder system-data to level 1
Rebuilding Folder index
Running search for FolderPathRelationship objects...
Processing search results ...
Selected and applied 2745 folder relationships
Completing the Index Creation
Changing update mode to Synchronous
Folder index successfully created
NOTE: recreating the FolderIndex takes significant time & CPU. Please reserve at least 2 hours
downtime.
9. Restart the Oracle Content Services domain and verify using folder-based searches that you
can now retrieve all files when doing folder-based searches.