
Chapter2UpgradingaGSA
Overview
TherearevariousconsiderationstobetakenintoaccountwhenupgradingGSAsoftware,manyofwhichare
dependentonthecharacteristicsoftheGSAinstallationenvironmentandthescopeofchangesintroduced
bythenewversionoftheGSA.Assuch,notwoGSAupgradeprojectsarealike,andeachupgradetothe
GSAshouldbeprefacedbyanlevelappropriateofanalysisandplanning.
ThefollowingsectionsprovideguidanceonhowtoprepareforandexecuteasoftwareupgradetotheGoogle
SearchAppliance.
PreparingtoupgradeaGSA
Becomefamiliarwiththelatestversion
EachversionoftheGSAcontainsnewfeaturesandfixes,anditiscriticaltobecomefamiliarwithwhatis
includedinanewversionoftheGSAtobeabletoplanforaneffectiveupgrade.Thebestwaytostartfinding
outaboutanewversion’scontentistorefertothe“GuidetoSoftwareReleaseX.X”sectionoftheGSA
documentationandtheReleaseNotesoftheversionviatheGoogleEnterpriseSupportPortal.
Understandyourupgradepath
MostGSAupgradesonlyinvolveoneupgradestep,butincaseswhereaGSAismultipleversionsold,an
upgrademayrequiremultiplesteps.
Youcandeterminetheupgradepathbyreferringtothelistofcompatibleversionsonthe“GoogleSearch
ApplianceSoftwareUpdates”pageoftheGoogleEnterpriseSupportPortal.
Asanexample,toupgradeanappliancefromv6.12.0.G.30tov7.0.114.GXXX,thefollowingstepsare
required:
1. Updatefromv6.12.0.G.30tov6.14.0.G.22
2. Updatefromv6.14.0.G.22tov7.0.14.G114
Fordetailedinstructionsregardingupgradepaths,refertoupdateinstructionsforeachrelease.
Determinethescopeoftheupgrade
ThecomplexityandlevelofeffortinvolvedwithaGSAupgradeprojectisdependentonthetypeofnew
featuresandfunctionalitythatwillbeintegratedintothesearchsolution.Analysisshouldbeperformed
upfronttoidentifythefullscopeofdesiredfeaturestobeincludedaspartoftheGSAupgrade,basedonthe
userrequirementsofthesearchsolution,andthecompatibilityofnewfeatureswiththeexistingsearch
environment.
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