If a Management Agent is taking longer to complete its run operation, there are few things to consider. If you have a delay in an export or import operation, there could be a problem with the source system or network. Initial investigations for longer-than-expected synchronizations should determine whether a large number of groups is being synchronized, whether non-indexed attributes are being used as joins, or whether there are SQL Server performance problems.
If the MIM portal takes a long time to respond or times out while performing a "contains" search, it could be because the full-text search catalog needs to be rebuilt. Start SQL Management Studio and click on Databases | FIMService | Storage | Full Text Catalogs. Right-click on ftCatalog and select Rebuild:
If your portal's search performance is slow for "non-contain" searches, then you may need to rebuild the indexes and update the statistics of the service database. The following query can be used to determine...