Windows Search Server vs. Search Service

The Windows Search Protocol allows communication with a server that hosts a Windows Search Service. The Windows Search Service can issue queries and it also allows an administrator to manage an indexing server. The indexing process runs within the LocalSystem account and constantly runs for all users. This allows Windows Search to:

Install the Windows Search Index Service on the server. Then, in the Control Panel, open the Index Options, and and the file shares to the indexed locations. This will enable Windows Server 2008 R2 users to search file contents from the explorer search box. Please keep in mind that you can modify the behavior of the explorer search.

• Maintain an index that can be shared among all of the users.
• Maintain security restrictions and access to content.
• Process remote queries from computers on the network.

Don’t confuse the Windows Search Service with Microsoft Search Server Express. Microsoft Search Server Express is a free enterprise-class search server, which enables high performance searches of corporate data across multiple systems. Search Server Express has a similar appearance to a Windows SharePoint Services site. The main difference between Windows Search and Search Server Express is that Windows Search can search on a desktop and a server, where Search Server Express can only search on the server.

Windows Search Service on Windows Server 2008

If you are already using a Windows Server based computer, and are currently using Windows Server 2008 then you should know that the Windows Search Service might not be installed by default. You can install and configure the Windows Search Service manually, but it takes some time, patience, and a bit of knowledge to get it done. Here are the steps that you will need to follow:

• Click Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools and then Server Manager
• You will see a console tree in Server Manager, right click on Roles and then choose Add Roles.
• When the Add Roles Wizard opens, click Next.
• Add the Windows Search Service.
• You will need to choose the Volumes with shared folders to be indexed.
• Now you can finish & close the wizard. This should have the search service up and running.

Enable Windows Search Service on Windows Server 2012

While the steps are similar to enabling the search service on previous server versions, there are enough differences to write up the steps you need to follow to enable the Windows search service on Windows Server 2012. Here’s what you need to do:

Finding the World Wide Name (WWN) in Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2

You know how it is, you just built that new server and you need to attach storage to the Qlogic or Emulex card and the storage guys are asking for the WWN (World Wide Name) and if this is a first time you start to scratch your head, no worries because Microsoft has added that little piece of info right at your finger tips.

In Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2, you can use “Storage Explorer” to show the WWN.

• Open MMC (Microsoft Management Console)
• Click File > Add / Remove Snapin.
• Find Storage Explorer and double-click to add the snapin. Click ok to save and go back to the screen. The system will scan for adaptors.
• Expand Servers > <Server Name>.
• Click on the adaptor and the information will be displayed.

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1. Thanks a lot!!

2. Thanks for your information, it was very useful to me.

3. thank you

4. Ok. That is dandy and thank you. However, I want to give a couple disks back to the SAN guys, and I need the WWN of the hdd, not the HBA… Fallout: new vegas - grenade machine gun.

   How do I determine what lun = what drive? i.e. Disk 7 in diskman is ?? lun?

5. Hi

   Any script to pull the WWN’s on multiple servers remotely?

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