HowTo – Patching FAST Search for SharePoint 2010

I am currently patching my customers FAST Search 2010 Farm with the latest patch…. Yes they know they are behind but their hands are tied.

KB3054970 is the last update for the FAST Search 2010 platform.

On the Admin Server, run the executable as an administrator (right click and run as administrator).

Click Yes on the UAC screen.

Another popup window will appear, tick the box at the bottom of the pop up and click Continue.

The install will begin.

Wait till another popup appears with The installation is complete. Click Ok on the message.

Open Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint powershell from the Start menu.

Type the following:

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Cd ..

Cd installer\scripts

Psconfig -action p

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This will apply the relevant fixes after it stops the FAST Search and Monitoring services and starts them back up.

Repeat on your remaining FAST Search servers.

Reset the Content Index in FAST Search for Sharepoint 2010

Applies to:
– FAST Search for Sharepoint 2010
– Sharepoint 2010.

At times, you may need to clear the entire index for FAST Search.
Below is the steps to clear the index:

1. Stop any crawls that are running currently (ensure you stop them and not pause them).

2.Verify that the user account that is performing this procedure is a service application administrator for your FAST Search Content Search Service Application.

2.In Central Administration, in the Application Management section, click Manage service applications.

3.On the Service Applications page, in the list of service applications, click your FAST Search Content SSA.

4.On the Search Administration page, under Crawling, click Index Reset.

5.On the Search Service Application: Index Reset page, click Reset Now.

6.A confirmation dialog box appears; click OK to confirm the content index reset. The Search Service Application: Search Administration page opens and the System Status is displayed.

Before you start any new crawls, you must manually clear the content from the content collection your FAST Search Content Search Service Application was feeding to. The default collection name is sp. Note that clearing the content collection is irreversible.

To clear a FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint content collection, log onto the FAST Admin server in your farm and follow this procedure.

1.Verify that you meet the following minimum requirements: You are a member of the FASTSearchAdministrators local group on the computer where FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint is installed.

2.On the Start menu, click All Programs.

3.Click Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint.

4.Click the Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint shell.

5.At the Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint shell command prompt, type the following command:

Clear-FASTSearchContentCollection -Name sp

6. Select the applicable option eg. A (for all).

6.Wait for the command to finish. This may take some time.

Now you will need to perform a FULL crawl of all your content sources.