Description of the FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint hotfix package (fsserver-x-none.msp): October 29, 2010

Issue that this hotfix package fixes

In FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint, you may experience the following issues:

• Assume that a FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint system contains two or more content distributors. When the primary content distributor is restarted, crawling may fail.

• Consider the following scenario:

  • You have a FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint environment.

  • You create a file share library, and then you only grant the ListFolder / ReadData permission to groups or to users.

  • A user searches files that are located in the file share library.

  In this scenario, the files still display in the search results.

• Consider the following scenario:

  • You perform a full backup or a full restore on a large scale FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint installations.

  • Meanwhile, one or more regular network communication issues occur.

  In this scenario, the full backup or the full restore may never finish.

• Consider the following scenario:

  • You enable query refinement for a managed property in FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint.

  • You delete the managed property.

  • You create a new managed property that uses the same name as the deleted one. However, you change the data type of the new managed property.

  • You enable query refinement for the new managed property.

  • You perform a search.

  In this scenario, the search crashes.

• In FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint, the Get-FASTSearchMetadataCrawledProperty cmdlet that specifies the -Name parameter to a crawled property takes a long time to finish on installations that have many crawled properties. After you apply this hotfix, the execution time of the Get-FASTSearchMetadataCrawledProperty cmdlet is reduced significantly when the cmdlet specifies the -Name parameter. Additionally, the Get-FASTSearchMetadataCrawledProperty cmdlet supports wildcard characters in the -Filter parameter.

• When you try to implement a query with the numeric refiner in FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint, the query never presents the value 0 (zero). Therefore, you cannot drill down on results that have the value 0 (zero) for this managed property.

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing the problem described in this article. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

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