[il INITIALIZE_SEARCH] [ STANDARD] [ ] [ ] (artup.SearchInitializationTask) INFO - This system is configured to use deprecated Search functionality. Please migrate to the enhanced capabilities. See https://pdn.pega.com/documents/pega-717-upgrade-guide for details

Steps to Reproduce

1. Re-index an index or a dedicated index on the Search landing page.
2. Create a new dedicated index.

Root Cause

As per the logs, Lucene search is getting enabled and embedded Elastic search is not getting initialized due to the following DSS set to False:

- indexing/distributed/enabled

Solution

Perform the following steps:

1. Set the following DSS to True in the affected environment: 
   indexing/distributed/enabled 
2. Stop all the Search nodes.
3. Start the nodes one after the other.
4. Verify the behavior.

Reference

Rebuilding search indexes from the user interface

Configuring dynamic system settings for search

Rebuilding search indexes from the user interface

Creating a dynamic system setting

Best practices for reindexing data

Enabling Elasticsearch

Information about Search indexing DSS