Unable to see SharePoint search service under services on server

Neeharika Gurijala 0 Reputation points
2024-01-09T18:44:32.2633333+00:00

Background: I have two server 2016 farm. one if Webfrontend with Distribution cache and the other server role is Application with Search. I have installed search service application on App server using PowerShell commands. PowerShell is successful.

But when I go back to "Service on Server" page, I don't see SharePoint server search service at all. I don't see anything related to search there. But if select "Manage Servers in this Farm" there I can see those services under the App server. Not sure why it it's not showing under Services on Server page, but it shows on the other side. is this inconsistent and require to start from scratch of installing SP?

Also when I select Search service application under service application dashboard, search administration throws an error "remote server 503". but all the remaining components looks active.

I am scratching my head about these two issues. I tried all the recommended steps from internet and no luck.

Tried IISreset stopped and started timer server ran enable-sptimer job re-ran SharePoint configuration wizard

Important Note: I don't see Searchadmin.svc and serachservice.svc under ISS websites. Somehow they are missing too

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  1. Ling Zhou_MSFT 21,495 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-01-10T08:15:59.95+00:00

    Hi @Neeharika Gurijala,

    Thank you for posting in this community.

    The problem seems to be with the newly created search service application. Since we can't reproduce your situation, we need to narrow down the problem and try some things.

    Please kindly provide more information below to let us work further:

    **1.**Please refer this article to make sure you are following the correct steps for the search service application you created using PowerShell.

    How To Configure Search Service Application Using PowerShell

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    **2.**If the PowerShell is right, try creating a new Search Service program using the user GUI and see if the problem persists.

    **3.**You can refer to this article to troubleshoot your 503 error: SharePoint Troubleshooting: The Remote server returned an error (503) server unavailable

    **4.**Searchadmin.svc and serachservice.svc do not exist in IIS, most likely because your search service application was not configured successfully. Please try the above steps to redeploy the search service application and check again.


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