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Google Search ApplianceUpgrade and Migration HandbookMarch 2013© Google1

IndexingconsiderationsWhenupgradingasearchappliancethatusesconnectorsorfeedstoindexdocuments,theconnectororfeedsmustbestoppedorpau

PerformingtheupgradeTheactualprocessofupgradingaGSAgenerallyincludesthefollowingsteps,whicharealwaysprovidedindetailintheUpdateI

Chapter3UpgradingaConnectorOverviewGSAconnectorreleasesgenerallyfollowanindependentupdatecycletoGSAsoftwarereleases.Theoverallrele

UpgradeConsiderationsCommonconsiderationsthatshouldbetakenintoaccountwhenupgradingGSAconnectorsinclude:Changestotheconnector● Somecon

Chapter4MigrationPlanningOverviewThefollowingsectionsprovideguidanceinmigratingGoogleSearchAppliancesinvariousdeploymentscenarios.Mig

ApproachThefollowingstepsdescribetheapproachofmigratingasearchappliancebymirroring:1. ExaminetheGSAversionofthe“target”GSAandchec

Disadvantagesofthismigrationmethod:● Moretimeintensivethanmirroring,asallcontentneedstoberecrawledorrefedbyconnectorsandfeeds● A

● Replacingafailedproductionsearchappliance● MovingasearchappliancetoanotherlocationRenewingsearchappliancesThemostcommonscenariofor

SinglenodetoMultinodeWhenanarchitecturechangesfromasingleGSAtomultipleGSAs(eg.over100Mdocuments,requiringtwoG500appliancesinstea

MigratingwithadistributedGSAarchitectureInbothDistributedCrawlandServe,aswellasUnificationarchitectures,GSAMirroringcanbeusedtoex

UpgradeandMigrationHandbookThishandbookprovidesanoverviewofvariousconsiderationsinvolvedinupgradingormigratingaGoogleSearchAppliance

● GSAmirroringWhenchangingtheIPaddressesofGSAs,it'sbesttodisablemirroringpriortorelocation,thenreconfiguretheGSA^nsetupon

SummaryThisguideprovidesdetailedguidanceonthepreparationandexecutionofupgradingandmigratingaGoogleSearchAppliance,activitiesthatare

AppendixFurtherInformationDeterminingthemodelofyoursearchapplianceThefollowingtabledescribeshowtodeterminethehardwaremodelofaGoo

ContentsAboutthisdocumentChapter1UnderstandingGSAreleasesOverviewWhatisaGSArelease?TypesofGSAreleasesVersionnumberingWhatiscontained

Chapter1UnderstandingGSAreleasesOverviewThischapterprovidesadefinitionofaGoogleSearchAppliancereleaseandprovidesinformationuseful

PatchreleasesPatchreleasesprimarilyprovidefixestooutstandingGSAissues,anddonotgenerallycontainanymajorchangestoGSAfeaturesorfunct

WheredoIfindGSAreleaseinformation?GSAreleasesareavailablefromwithintheGoogleEnterpriseSupportPortal,undertheResources>GoogleSe

Chapter2UpgradingaGSAOverviewTherearevariousconsiderationstobetakenintoaccountwhenupgradingGSAsoftware,manyofwhicharedependento

AnalyzeimpactandchangesrequiredfortheupgradeOncethescopeoftheupgradehasbeendefined,animpactanalysisshouldbeperformedtodetermine

UpgradingmultipleenvironmentsThissectionappliestodeploymentarchitecturesinvolvingmultipleenvironmentswithvariouspurposes,suchasdevelopm