
Disadvantagesofthismigrationmethod:
● Moretimeintensivethanmirroring,asallcontentneedstoberecrawledorrefedbyconnectors
andfeeds
● Additionalconnectorsorfeedclientsmayneedtobesetuponnewhosts,sinceexisting
connectorsandfeedsmayneedtocontinuetosendtotheproductionGSA(forcontentfreshness
and/orauthorization)
● Createsadditionalloadtotargetcontentserversduringrecrawl
Requirements
● Configurationfilemigrationisgenerallyrecommendedonlybetweenappliancesofthesameversion
● ConfigurationfilecompatibilitybetweendifferentGSAversionsisnotguaranteed,andifperformed,
configurationsshouldbeverifiedtoensureallsettingsareincluded.
Approach
Thefollowingstepsdescribetheapproachofmigratingasearchappliancebyconfigurationfiles:
1. ExaminetheGSAversionofthe“target”GSAandcheckreleasenotesofthisversionandofany
laterpatches,forissuesthatmayaffectthedeploymentenvironment.UpdatethetargetGSAtothe
appropriatepatchifnecessary.
2. Exportconfigurationfile(s)fromexistingGSAandimportthemintothenewappliance.Ifthesource
andtargetGSAsoftwareversionsarethesame,theoverallGSAconfigurationfilecanbeexported
andimported.Ifnot,choosevariouscomponentsoftheadminconsoletoexport(eg.frontendXSLT
orcollectiondefinitions).
3. [optional]Iftherearefeedclientsorconnectorsinuse,newinstancesofthefeedclientsor
connectorsneedtobesetupwiththetargetappliance,toindexallcontent.
4. [optional]Ifitiscriticaltohavefreshcontentinproductionsystemandthecontentserverscantake
onextraload,theexistingapplianceshouldbekeptcrawling.Iffreshnessisnotcritical,pausethe
crawlontheexistingapplianceandanyconnectorsorfeedclients.
5. Allowthenewappliancetocompletelycrawlandindexallcontent.
6. [optional]Ifaproductionbackupapplianceisinuse,enablemirroringandsetupthealready
configuredapplianceasthemaster,andthenewproductionbackupasthereplica.Letthereplica
syncto100%.
7. Cutovertonewappliance(s)anddecommissionoldappliance(s).
Fordetailsonhowtoperformaconfigurationfileimportandexport,refertotheGSAAdminHelppagefor
Administration>ImportandExport.
Migrationscenarios
Thissectiondescribesconsiderationsandapproachestobetakenincommonscenariosformigration:
● Renewingsearchappliances
● PromotingaGSAconfigurationfromoneenvironmenttoanother
● Increasinglicensecount
● MigratingwithexistingmirroredGSAs
● MigratingwithadistributedGSAarchitecture
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