I have several Mac OS X 10.5.8 editing bays, each with at least one additional internal drive, most sized 500GB-1TB. All Macs are also sharing a NAS Isilon cluster 100TB (nfs mount) for shared media etc. Seems like each workstation is running Spotlight ad-infinitum, no matter what exceptions (or none) I add into the list. On one box in particular I stopped the service in Acivity Monitor, only for it to re-spawn few secs later. I added ALL drives to exceptions list (including startup volume), Spotlight stops, but has no index of anything. I remove the startup volume, Spotlight starts and will go on indefinitely (msg says -2183764923 hours left)(15 minutes when it restarts, then just grows). SO the issue is with that volume, but what? Activity Monitor indicates 0.0 CPU for mdworker, 0.0 for Spotlight. When I kill and restart, Spotlight goes to 0.8 CPU with 18 threads and mdworker remains at 0.0 with 4 threads
Open Files and Ports yields:
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/System/Library/CoreServices/Spotlight.app/Contents/MacOS/Spotlight
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Calculate.framework/Versions/A/Calculate
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/URLMount.framework/Versions/A/URLMount
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libCGXCoreImage.A.dylib
/System/Library/Fonts/Helvetica.dfont
/System/Library/Fonts/LucidaGrande.dfont
/System/Library/CoreServices/Spotlight.app/Contents/Resources/MDShowAll.tif
/private/var/folders/kI/kICeUX+DFmSI3L1sRRM6NE++0vw/-Caches-/com.apple.ATS/annex_aux
/private/var/folders/kI/kICeUX+DFmSI3L1sRRM6NE++0vw/-Caches-/com.apple.IntlDataCache.le.sbdl
/System/Library/Caches/com.apple.IntlDataCache.le.kbdx
/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/Resources/HIToolbox.rsrc
/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lproj/Localized.rsrc
/Library/Dictionaries/Apple Dictionary.dictionary/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/KeyText.index
/Library/Dictionaries/Apple Dictionary.dictionary/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/KeyText.data
/System/Library/CoreServices/Spotlight.app/Contents/Resources/Index_Dot_Black.tif
/usr/share/icu/icudt36l.dat
/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Extras2.rsrc
/System/Library/Keyboard Layouts/AppleKeyboardLayouts.bundle/Contents/Resources/AppleKeyboardLayouts-L.dat
/Library/Dictionaries/Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus.dictionary/Contents/KeyText.index
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SArtFile.bin
/System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle/Contents/MacOS/RawCamera
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ArtFile.bin
/Library/Dictionaries/New Oxford American Dictionary.dictionary/Contents/KeyText.index
/Library/Dictionaries/New Oxford American Dictionary.dictionary/Contents/KeyText.data
/Library/Dictionaries/New Oxford American Dictionary.dictionary/Contents/Body.data
/Library/Caches/com.apple.LaunchServices-0233007.csstore
/Library/Dictionaries/Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus.dictionary/Contents/KeyText.data
/usr/lib/dyld
/private/var/db/dyld/dyld_shared_cache_i386
/dev/null
/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Extras2.rsrc
/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/Resources/HIToolbox.rsrc
/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lproj/Localized.rsrc
Sampling yields:
Sampling process 74486 for 3 seconds with 1 millisecond of run time between samples
Sampling completed, processing symbols...
Analysis of sampling Spotlight (pid 74486) every 1 millisecond
Call graph:
1590 Thread_2507
1590 0x26ea
1590 NSApplicationMain
1590 -[NSApplication run]
1590 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:]
1590 _DPSNextEvent
1590 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode
1590 ReceiveNextEventCommon
1590 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode
1590 CFRunLoopRunInMode
1590 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
1570 mach_msg
1570 mach_msg_trap
1570 mach_msg_trap
16 __CFRunLoopDoObservers
16 _handleWindowNeedsDisplay
16 -[NSWindow displayIfNeeded]
16 -[NSView displayIfNeeded]
14 -[NSView _displayRectIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:]
10 -[NSNextStepFrame _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:topView:]
9 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:topView:]
9 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:]
7 -[NSView _drawRect:clip:]
7 NSRectFill
6 CGContextFillRect
6 CGContextFillRects
6 ripc_DrawRects
6 ripc_Render
6 ripl_BltShape
6 ripd_Lock
6 CGSDeviceLock
6 _CGSLockWindow
6 _CGSSynchronizeWindowBackingStore
6 mach_msg
6 mach_msg_trap
6 mach_msg_trap
1 CGContextGetCompositeOperation
1 CGContextGetCompositeOperation
2 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:]
2 -[NSView _drawRect:clip:]
1 CGContextRestoreGState
1 CGGStackRestore
1 CGGStateRelease
1 _CFRelease
1 _CFRelease
1 NSRectClipList
1 CGContextClipToRects
1 CGContextClipToRect
1 CGGStateClipToRect
1 maybeCopyClipState
1 CGClipStackCreateMutableCopy
1 CGClipStackCreateMutableCopy
1 objc_msgSend
1 objc_msgSend
2 -[NSWindow flushWindow]
2 CGContextFlush
2 ripc_Operation
2 CGSDeviceSynchronize
2 _CGSFlushRegionInline
2 mach_msg
1 mach_msg
1 mach_msg_trap
1 mach_msg_trap
1 -[NSRectSet initWithRegion:]
1 -[NSRegion getRects:count:]
1 CGSRegionEnumerator
1 CGSRegionEnumeratorWithDirection
1 CGSRegionEnumeratorCreate
1 CGTypeCreateInstanceWithAllocator
1 _CFRuntimeCreateInstance
1 _CFRuntimeCreateInstance
1 -[NSView lockFocus]
1 -[NSView lockFocusIfCanDraw]
1 PSgsave
1 CGContextSaveGState
1 CGGStackSave
1 CGGStateCreateCopy
1 calloc
1 malloc_zone_calloc
1 szone_calloc
1 __bzero
1 __bzero
1 objc_msgSend
1 objc_msgSend
1 objc_msgSend_stret
1 objc_msgSend_stret
3 __CFRunLoopModeFindSourceForMachPort
3 CFSetApplyFunction
2 __CFRunLoopFindSource
2 __CFRunLoopFindSource
1 CFSetApplyFunction
1 __NSFireTimer
1 objc_msgSend_fpret
1 objc_msgSend_fpret
1590 Thread_2603
1590 thread_start
1590 _pthread_start
1590 fe_fragment_thread
1590 pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003
1590 __semwait_signal
1590 __semwait_signal
1590 Thread_2703
1590 thread_start
1590 _pthread_start
1590 fe_fragment_thread
1590 pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003
1590 __semwait_signal
1590 __semwait_signal
1590 Thread_2803
1590 thread_start
1590 _pthread_start
1590 fe_fragment_thread
1590 pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003
1590 __semwait_signal
1590 __semwait_signal
1590 Thread_2903
1590 thread_start
1590 _pthread_start
1590 fe_fragment_thread
1590 pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003
1590 __semwait_signal
1590 __semwait_signal
1590 Thread_2a03
1590 thread_start
1590 _pthread_start
1590 fe_fragment_thread
1590 pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003
1590 __semwait_signal
1590 __semwait_signal
1590 Thread_2b03
1590 thread_start
1590 _pthread_start
1590 fe_fragment_thread
1590 pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003
1590 __semwait_signal
1590 __semwait_signal
1590 Thread_2c03
1590 thread_start
1590 _pthread_start
1590 fe_fragment_thread
1590 pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003
1590 __semwait_signal
1590 __semwait_signal
1590 Thread_2d03
1590 start_wqthread
1590 __workq_ops
1590 __workq_ops
1590 Thread_2e03
1590 start_wqthread
1590 __workq_ops
1590 __workq_ops
1590 Thread_2f03
1590 start_wqthread
1590 __workq_ops
1590 __workq_ops
1590 Thread_3003
1590 0x0
1590 0x0
1590 Thread_3103
1590 0x0
1590 0x0
1590 Thread_3203
1590 0x0
1590 0x0
1590 Thread_3303
1590 0x0
1590 0x0
1590 Thread_3403
1590 0x0
1590 0x0
1590 Thread_3503
1590 thread_start
1590 _pthread_start
1590 __NSThread__main__
1590 -[NSThread main]
1590 0x336c7
1590 CFRunLoopRunInMode
1590 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
1590 mach_msg
1590 mach_msg_trap
1590 mach_msg_trap
1590 Thread_3603
1590 thread_start
1590 _pthread_start
1590 __NSThread__main__
1590 -[NSThread main]
1590 -[NSUIHeartBeat _heartBeatThread:]
1590 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:]
1590 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:]
1590 -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:]
1590 pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np
1590 _pthread_cond_wait
1590 semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap
1590 semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap
Total number in stack (recursive counted multiple, when >=5):
9 _pthread_start
9 thread_start
7 __semwait_signal
7 fe_fragment_thread
7 pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003
5 0x0
Sort by top of stack, same collapsed (when >= 5):
__semwait_signal 11130
0x0 7950
__workq_ops 4770
mach_msg_trap 3167
semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap 1590
Sample analysis of process 74486 written to file /dev/stdout
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I do want to index all drives for content. I would also like a method of indexing the NAS, as this would be particularly useful. Anyone has any suggestions on how to implement Spotlight to actually do its job locally, and even possibly on removable FW drives, or even a NAS?
Best Answer
There a command line tool which you could use:
mdutil. Open Terminal.app application and try the following:To check the indexing status (on|off) for a volume:
...and to turn indexing off:
...or even better disable spotlight activities:
Calling
mdutilwithout any parameter shows all the allowed parametersIt works with my NAS nfs mount but then it's much smaller than 100TB. It's worth a try nevertheless.