Sitecore upgrades and indexes

If you are upgrading Sitecore, after you have performed all upgrade steps delete the indexes folder and rebuild all indexes. I have experienced issues recently with some unusual indexing problems. Indexes would become corrupt and unusable only to be fine after a rebuild and then break again hours or days later. Some trawling of the … Continue reading Sitecore upgrades and indexes →

Sitecore indexes – timing is everything

Three years ago I experienced a problem where delivery websites were not getting their indexes updated following content changes in the authoring environment. We went around the houses and openned a ticket with Sitecore support. After some back and forth they suggested we check that the web and database server clocks are synchronised as this … Continue reading Sitecore indexes – timing is everything →