Search index start/stop issue

SAKINA

I start/stop index and search using the following commands
/etc/init.d/iw.tsindex start
/etc/init.d/iw.tssearch start

/etc/init.d/iw.tsindex stop
/etc/init.d/iw.tssearch stop

After which i type

/interwoven/search/bin/iwndxmgrstatus

to check the status of the index server however i get the following error.
ERROR - Failed to connect to server: Target not listening; connection refused
Please make sure the search server and index server are running.

i understand this as something to do with the event sub-system not functioning properly..so i go to etc/search.properties file and change the following

# Event-based updates are enabled
iw.index.events.enable=false

i.e i disable event sub-system..
i earlier noticed that this helps me out and i am able to start/stop services and am able to get the index status as ACTIVE...
However it behaves very randomly.once i stop the services again and then re-start...i have to keep typing the commands to start/stop and suddenly anytime it gets ACTIVE..or else keeps giving an error..
Isnt there any explanation as to why this happens and how can it be avoided??coz i have to think twice before i ever start/stop indexing just in case it doesnt show ACTIVE...

Migrateduser

Note that the search services complete the active tasks (like middle of the indexing job for the 4000 files batch) before it fully shuts down. Look at the logs for the searh to know where it is exactly.
You should not ideally be starting/stopping the search services frequently. Also if after the stop issuence the indexer is still finishing off the start u issue will log errors and service will NOT start as the ports will be busy with the previous instance.