Exception occured:Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ServerException: Cannot complete this action. Sharepoint 2013

Exception occured:Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ServerException: Cannot complete this action. Sharepoint 2013


This issue occures usually when your server is running Out of Memory.


You can fix this issue in 2 ways.

• Reduce the Preformance of Search Service
• Reduce the NodeRunner.exe impact on Memory

First try to reduce the performance of Search and check if you still face this problem then go for NodeRunner changes


Reduce the Preformance of Search Service

Set-SPEnterpriseSearchService -PerformanceLevel Reduced


Reduce the NodeRunner.exe impact on Memory

The node runner application used by SharePoint 2013 preview for search related process slows down the system due to memory leak issues.

Open the config file at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\15.0\Search\Runtime\1.0\noderunner.exe.config.

<nodeRunnerSettings memoryLimitMegabytes="0" />

NodeRunner.exe is resource hungry process. By default it's set to 0 which means it can any amount of memory. You need to fix it by giving any fixed number eg. 50,100,200 etc. This sets the cap limit for memory to be used.

Restart the Sharepoint Search Host Controller Service after this change.