Query Server in Not Responding State when there is a space issue in Query Server in SharePoint 2007

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I had a space issue in our query server. I performed the two below commands which fixed the issue.

stsadm -o osearch -action stop

stsadm -o osearch -action start -role query

please make sure that you have another environment and make sure that is live to users.

And take the problem environment out of rotation and perform the commands and also pause any crawls if they are running.

Second command highlighted will remove the server from the farm, re-add it and initialize it.

During the period the crawls you paused will not run.

It took around 6 to 7 hours for me to get all the space back and once it is back release all the crawls and keep this environment back to rotation and remove the other environment from rotation from live.