Search application topology crawler errror

Question

Hi Team,

My current environment ran on SharePoint 2019(on Premise). Recently enabled the search function in SharePoint but suddenly the indexing schedule manager is missing and my auto crawl as per schedule was not running.

also, under the Application topology the crawler has an error !, the search service is not able to connect to the machine that hosts the administration component, verify that the administration component ID in search applications 1 is good state and try again.

application if someone can assist and guide me how do we troubleshoot this?

Answer 1

Hi @jason tan ,

There are many reasons for this situation, and I can't determine where the problem specifically occurs.

Check the steps that the Search Service Application is created correctly.

Try rerunning the psconfiguration wizard.

If the problem is still not resolved, please try the follow solutions:

Solution # 1

Simply change the application pool to use SharePoint Web Services System for search service applications and check.

• Go IIS
• In IIS > Expand server > Expand sites > Expand “SharePoint Web Services
• Now check all the GUID 1 by 1 in content view unless you find searchadmin.svc and searchservice.svc
• Right click GUID go to advance settings
• Change the application to “SharePoint Web Services” > Click OK

Solution # 2

Enable the timer job and do IIS reset:

• Run below PS command to enable the service.
• Enable-SPTimerJob job-application-server-admin-service
• Result ==> IsDisabled: False
• Do Net Stop sptimerv4
• Do Net start sptimerv4
• Do iisreset

Solution # 3

Ensure the account has full control permissions on the Search service application and IIS account used by this service application

• Open Central Admin > Select Security > Select “Configure service accounts”
• Select the search service application
• For “select account for this component” Select a account which has full permission

Solution # 4

Restarting Application Server and clear SharePoint Configuration Cache can fix this issue.

Solution # 5

Delete the search application and recreate it.

For more information, please refer to:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/28772.sharepoint-server-the-search-service-is-not-able-to-connect-to-the-machine-that-hosts-the-administration-component.aspx

https://matt-thornton.net/tech/sharepoint/the-search-service-is-not-able-to-connect-to-the-machine-that-hosts-the-administration-component/

https://www.toddklindt.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=378

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/administration/back-up-a-search-service-application

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Answer 2

Hi @jason tan ,

Great to know that and thanks for sharing the update here.

By the way, since the Microsoft Q&A community has a policy that "The question author cannot accept their own answer. They can only accept answers by others.". and according to the scenario introduced here: Answering your own questions on Microsoft Q&A, I would make a brief summary of this thread:

[Search application topology crawler errror]

Issue Symptom:
My current environment ran on SharePoint 2019(on Premise). Recently enabled the search function in SharePoint but suddenly the indexing schedule manager is missing and my auto crawl as per schedule was not running.

also, under the Application topology the crawler has an error !, the search service is not able to connect to the machine that hosts the administration component, verify that the administration component ID in search applications 1 is good state and try again.

Current status:
I manage to resolve the issue by running the below command in SharePoint.

Launch SharePoint Management Shell as administrator and enter the below command.

Here are the things
stsadm -o osearch -action stop
stsadm -o osearch -action start

#Read more: https://www.sharepointdiary.com/2010/06/sharepoint-search-service-is-in-hung.html#ixzz8HtgpmmLa

You could click the "Accept Answer" button for this summary to close this thread, and this can make it easier for other community members to see the useful information when reading this thread. Thanks for your understanding!

Thanks again for sharing. :-)

Answer 3

Hi @Yanli Jiang - MSFT ,

Thank you for the assistance. I manage to resolve the issue by running the below command in SharePoint.

Launch SharePoint Management Shell as administrator and enter the below command.

Here are the things
stsadm -o osearch -action stop
stsadm -o osearch -action start

#Read more: https://www.sharepointdiary.com/2010/06/sharepoint-search-service-is-in-hung.html#ixzz8HtgpmmLa