15.4 Changing State of an Index

During peak times you might want to tune performance by temporarily taking indexes offline. For example, to achieve additional bulk-load speed, you might want to suspend all of the user-defined indexes. Because each object addition or modification requires updating defined indexes, having all indexes active might slow down bulk-loading of data. After the bulk-load is completed, the indexes can be brought online again.

To make an Index offline:

  1. Click the Index Management option from the Identity Console landing page.

  2. Select the NCP server and type of the Index, then click the button.

  3. Click the drop-down list for State from the list of indexes. An index can have the following states:

    • Online: Currently running

    • Offline: Suspended. The index can be started again.

    NOTE:The state of System and Operational type Indexes can not be changed. Such Indexes cannot be deleted as well.

Figure 15-4 Taking an Index Offline