Re: Installing pdf ifilter on a MOSS large server farm : Sharepoint

Application Development · #1 10-22-2007, 12:11 PM

Adobe don't do a 64bit IFilter unfortunately (nobody knows why they don't,
perhaps they've just given up on the .pdf format in favour of MS XML ;-)

Foxit do however:-

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/ifilter/

Peter Lawton

"KSachit" <KSachit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E8E33E24-7C83-4251-B694-611EB3849B73@microsoft.com...
>I am trying to install pdf IFilter from adobe site. My server configuration
> that I trying on is a large server farm with multiple front-end servers,
> one
> app server and a 64 bit-SQL cluster.
>
> To my knowledge it is just enough to install the IFilter on the
> Application
> server. But this doesn’t seem to work. Crawling fails asking me to install
> IFilter.
>
> Here are few questions that I’ve in this regard:
> 1. Should I install IFilter on SQL cluster also?
> 2. If so would the adobe filter work on a 64 bit SQL cluster?
> 3. Is there a documented approach to install the pdf filter?
>
> Please advice.

Application Development · #2 10-22-2007, 12:55 PM

In this case, the Index server is still 32 bit where as SQL cluster is a
64-bit. So mean to say that I need to install IFilters both on index and SQl
server?

"Peter Lawton" wrote:

> Adobe don't do a 64bit IFilter unfortunately (nobody knows why they don't,
> perhaps they've just given up on the .pdf format in favour of MS XML ;-)
>
> Foxit do however:-
>
> http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/ifilter/
>
> Peter Lawton
>
> "KSachit" <KSachit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E8E33E24-7C83-4251-B694-611EB3849B73@microsoft.com...
> >I am trying to install pdf IFilter from adobe site. My server configuration
> > that I trying on is a large server farm with multiple front-end servers,
> > one
> > app server and a 64 bit-SQL cluster.
> >
> > To my knowledge it is just enough to install the IFilter on the
> > Application
> > server. But this doesn’t seem to work. Crawling fails asking me to install
> > IFilter.
> >
> > Here are few questions that I’ve in this regard:
> > 1. Should I install IFilter on SQL cluster also?
> > 2. If so would the adobe filter work on a 64 bit SQL cluster?
> > 3. Is there a documented approach to install the pdf filter?
> >
> > Please advice.
>
>

Application Development · #3 10-23-2007, 12:46 AM

No, sorry I misread your setup. No the iFilter doesn't need to be installed
on your SQL server

Peter Lawton

"KSachit" <KSachit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1432D17A-36B5-491F-B5BE-12B601670717@microsoft.com...
> In this case, the Index server is still 32 bit where as SQL cluster is a
> 64-bit. So mean to say that I need to install IFilters both on index and
> SQl
> server?
>
> "Peter Lawton" wrote:
>
>> Adobe don't do a 64bit IFilter unfortunately (nobody knows why they
>> don't,
>> perhaps they've just given up on the .pdf format in favour of MS XML ;-)
>>
>> Foxit do however:-
>>
>> http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/ifilter/
>>
>> Peter Lawton
>>
>> "KSachit" <KSachit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E8E33E24-7C83-4251-B694-611EB3849B73@microsoft.com...
>> >I am trying to install pdf IFilter from adobe site. My server
>> >configuration
>> > that I trying on is a large server farm with multiple front-end
>> > servers,
>> > one
>> > app server and a 64 bit-SQL cluster.
>> >
>> > To my knowledge it is just enough to install the IFilter on the
>> > Application
>> > server. But this doesn’t seem to work. Crawling fails asking me to
>> > install
>> > IFilter.
>> >
>> > Here are few questions that I’ve in this regard:
>> > 1. Should I install IFilter on SQL cluster also?
>> > 2. If so would the adobe filter work on a 64 bit SQL cluster?
>> > 3. Is there a documented approach to install the pdf
>> > filter?
>> >
>> > Please advice.
>>
>>

Application Development · #4 10-23-2007, 04:39 AM

Hi, Peter, Callahan, All,
I have heard this question from our customers regarding our autocad
DWG IFilter, so far I assumed there is a difference in whether MOSS or
WSS SharePoint is used, still details are not clear to me.
Now I have to explain the users to install our IFilter on all servers
and view the logs to tell which one is being used.

I'd like to read some information from an authoritive source to create
an overview on our support site for our visitors and our users. Is
there a good text or an overview available of the different situations
and indexing options that explains where to install the IFilters?
Also I'd like to explain the users which server to install as 32 bit
for now.

Please feel free to email me at ifilter@cadcompany.nl

Kind Regards,
Marco van Schagen / CAD & Company / ifilter@cadcompany.nl / www.dwgifilter.com

Application Development · #5 10-23-2007, 09:02 AM

To tell you the truth Marco, I am only really familiar with a few Ifilters,
so I don't really have a lot of data concering a lot of different Ifilters
or the different situations where they would be installed.

Maybe Mike Walsh has something on his web site?
-callahan
"Marco van Schagen" <marcovanschagen@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1193132381.013749.111180@i38g2000prf.googlegr oups.com...
> Hi, Peter, Callahan, All,
> I have heard this question from our customers regarding our autocad
> DWG IFilter, so far I assumed there is a difference in whether MOSS or
> WSS SharePoint is used, still details are not clear to me.
> Now I have to explain the users to install our IFilter on all servers
> and view the logs to tell which one is being used.
>
> I'd like to read some information from an authoritive source to create
> an overview on our support site for our visitors and our users. Is
> there a good text or an overview available of the different situations
> and indexing options that explains where to install the IFilters?
> Also I'd like to explain the users which server to install as 32 bit
> for now.
>
> Please feel free to email me at ifilter@cadcompany.nl
>
> Kind Regards,
> Marco van Schagen / CAD & Company / ifilter@cadcompany.nl /
> www.dwgifilter.com
>

Application Development · #6 10-23-2007, 09:46 AM

All I have listed on the web site is the CAD Ifilter itself. Certainly
the v2 version and probably the v3 version. (Checks: VI.49 in WSS v3 FAQ)

Nothing about how to use it (unless there's a blog on it I can't
remember adding).

Mike Walsh
WSS FAQ http://www.wssfaq.com
no questions by e-mail please

callahan wrote:
> To tell you the truth Marco, I am only really familiar with a few Ifilters,
> so I don't really have a lot of data concering a lot of different Ifilters
> or the different situations where they would be installed.
>
> Maybe Mike Walsh has something on his web site?
> -callahan
> "Marco van Schagen" <marcovanschagen@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1193132381.013749.111180@i38g2000prf.googlegr oups.com...
>> Hi, Peter, Callahan, All,
>> I have heard this question from our customers regarding our autocad
>> DWG IFilter, so far I assumed there is a difference in whether MOSS or
>> WSS SharePoint is used, still details are not clear to me.
>> Now I have to explain the users to install our IFilter on all servers
>> and view the logs to tell which one is being used.
>>
>> I'd like to read some information from an authoritive source to create
>> an overview on our support site for our visitors and our users. Is
>> there a good text or an overview available of the different situations
>> and indexing options that explains where to install the IFilters?
>> Also I'd like to explain the users which server to install as 32 bit
>> for now.
>>
>> Please feel free to email me at ifilter@cadcompany.nl
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>> Marco van Schagen / CAD & Company / ifilter@cadcompany.nl /
>> www.dwgifilter.com
>>
>
>

Application Development · #7 10-23-2007, 12:48 PM

Well, that is the case with us; we cannot predict how the next user
will plan to use their IFilter. Still, they like us to come up with
answers and figure out why things may go wrong. This is fun and
challenging, and by times it is hard if it just does not work.

We can surely build a version for DWG IFilter. For the users it is not
so very important how it is built, as long as it serves their intended
use. From the user standpoint all IFilters are the same. And from an
IFilter support standpoint all users are different

I hoped to get an overview somehow. For now I will to continue collect
bits and pieces that exlain how it should be done. So if you find
anything of value here, please just send it my way; I'll see if I can
list the info on our IFilter support.

Marco

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