dmsifilterhost.exe pegging cpu


Product(s):ProjectWise Integration Server
Version(s):N/A
Area: Orchestration Framework
Subarea: Full Text Indexing
Original Author:Molly Watts, Bentley Technical Support Group

Problem Description

The CPU on the indexing server was occasionally at 100% because of the process dmsifilterhost.exe.  Turns out it was hanging on processing Office documents due to the incorrect ifilter installed.

Steps to Resolve

  1. Uninstall the old version of the ifilter
  2. Install the latest (as of March 2014: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17062)