SharePoint 2010 Search - The search request was unable to connect to the Search Service

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Luke picture Luke · Dec 21, 2011 · Viewed 7.2k times · Source

I am using SharePoint 2010 Foundation and I have a prolem with the search on there. Everytime I search for something I get the response of The search request was unable to connect to the Search Service.

I have spent alot of time looking at this and I cannot seem to see what is causing the issue. The SharePoint Foundation Search service is started but there are no services listed on the server for search other than the 'Help Search'.

Also, if I look into my content databases under the 'Manage Database Upgrade Status' it telling me that the database is too old...

Could anyone point me in the right direction as to how to resolve these issues as it is sending me mad!!

Many Thanks in advance... Luke

Answer

mfralou picture mfralou · Apr 2, 2012

Execute this command in SharePoint 2010 Management Shell (run as administrator)

psconfig -cmd upgrade

It will initiate standard SharePoint Products update and upgrade all databases which are in either "version mismatchm, upgrade is recommended" or "old, upgrade is required" status. The tool runs in command line and gives your updates about installation progress, like this.

PS C:\Users\Administrator> psconfig -cmd upgrade

SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard version 14.0.6009.1000. Copyright (C) M
icrosoft Corporation 2010. All rights reserved.

Performing configuration task 1 of 4

Initializing SharePoint Products upgrade...
Waiting to get a lock to upgrade the farm.
Successfully initialized SharePoint Products upgrade.

Performing configuration task 2 of 4

Initiating the upgrade sequence...
Successfully initiated the upgrade sequence.

Performing configuration task 3 of 4

Upgrading SharePoint Products...
Successfully upgraded SharePoint Products.

Performing configuration task 4 of 4

Finalizing the SharePoint Products configuration...
Successfully completed the SharePoint Products configuration.
Total number of configuration settings run: 4
Total number of successful configuration settings: 4
Total number of unsuccessful configuration settings: 0
Successfully stopped the configuration of SharePoint Products.
Configuration of the SharePoint Products has succeeded.

PS C:\Users\Administrator>

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