Hi.
This is SP 2010.
I am on a SharePoint server and using SharePoint Powershell. So snapin is not a matter here.
1. Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication gives me details and says the search is
online but when I try Get-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology or Get-SPEnterpriseSearchStatus it says 'is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the nam e, or if a path was included, verify
that the path is correct and try again.'
2. When I access SSA in Central Admin, it says 'The search service is not able to connect to the machine that hosts the administration component. Verify that the administration component '**' in search application 'Search Service Application' is in a good
state and try again. Tried timer jobs reset, config cache cleanup, running config wizard, delete-recreate SSA, changing app pool accounts - no luck.
3. deleted all orphan/duplicate search databases from DB Server - no luck.
There were some security patches installed on 9/25. We are guessing that has made things bad. As commands like SPEnterpriseSearchTopology and Get-SPEnterpriseSearchStatus are not even recognized, I think there are some files/folders missing. There
could be more configurations messed up.
Please suggest if I can somehow reconnect the dots. If not, pleas suggest steps to clean current search and do a clean new search setup.
Thanks,
Mahavir
MOSS programmer
