This target is optional. If it is to be run it must be run after your Generic Search Server has been deployed onto your application server. It triggers the Search Server to set up its indexes so that they are available for searching. The length of time that this process will take will increase with the amount of data to be indexed. If you don't run the startup target explicitly, the search server will initialize its indexes on the first search request. This feature is primarily there for ease of testing with small datasets. For large datasets the automatic startup feature should not be used. You can disable the automatic startup by setting the property "curam.searchserver.autostartup.disabled" to true in your Bootstrap.properties. when you set up your ear file - this is recommended.