SharePoint Search Service application content sources showing Paused
There may be many reasons for content sources to get into Paused Below PowerShell script will help you c hecks status of Search Service application whether its running or Paused. If paused then returns the detailed information why its paused and asks input from user to resume asnp "*sharepoint*" $searchserviceapps = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication foreach ($ssa in $searchserviceapps) { Write-Host $ssa -ForegroundColor Magenta $band = "0x" $band0 = "0x0" Function Details() { $Detail = Read-Host "Do you want to see detailed reasons (Y/N) " If($Detail -eq "y") { Write-Host " (band 0x01) A change in the number of crawl components or crawl databases is in progress. (band 0x02) A backup or restore procedure is in progress. (band 0x04) A backup of the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) is in progress. (band 0x08)