
Analyzeimpactandchangesrequiredfortheupgrade
Oncethescopeoftheupgradehasbeendefined,animpactanalysisshouldbeperformedtodeterminethe
changesthatwillbeneededtobemadetotheGSAenvironmenttoaccommodatefortheupgrade.
CommonconsiderationswhenperformingaGSAupgradeinclude:
Reindexingcontent
● AcompletereindexmaybearequirementofupgradingtothenewGSAsoftwareversion.TheGSA
softwareupdateinstructionstypicallyprovidedetailonthisrequirement.
● Somenewfeaturesrequirethereindexingofcontent.Forexample,enablingEntityRecognitionand
DocumentPreviewsinv7.0requirereindexingcontentsincethesefeaturesinvolveindextime
processing.
Frontendmodification
● EnablingnewuserinterfacefeatureswillalwaysinvolvechangestoexistingGSAfrontends
● Forcustomuserinterfaces(customXSLTorcustomapplicationlayers)thecomplexityofthese
changesmaybeanythingfromtrivialtohighlycomplex,dependingonthefeature.
● ForimplementationsinvolvingcustomXSLTmodifications,itisrecommendedthatthenewversion’s
defaultXSLTstylesheetbeusedasastartingpoint,andcustomizationsbereintegratedintoit.
Thisistypicallyasimplerapproachthandeterminingthechangesrequiredtoimplementthenew
featureintoanexistingXSLTstylesheet.
Feedchanges
● WhennewfeaturestotheGSAfeedsprotocolareintroduced,customfeedsshouldbeanalyzedto
determinewhethertheymaybenefitfromthenewchanges.Forexample,inv7.0,newACLfeatures
suchasDENYACLsandACLinheritancewereintroducedandoffersignificantlyincreased
flexibilityfordesigningfeedsforsecurecontent.
● WhilstupdatestotheGSAfeedprotocolaregenerallybackwardcompatible,changesthatare
introducedtotheprotocolshouldbeanalyzedtoensurethatexistingGSAfeedsarenotimpacted.
Connectorupgrades
● NewGSAupgradeswilltypicallysupportanyexistingversionsofGoogleconnectors.However,itis
recommendedthatversioncompatibilityofconnectorsbeconfirmedpriortoupgradingtoanew
GSAversion.
Defineanupgradestrategy
Thegoalofdefininganupgradestrategyistodeterminethebestprocesstoupgradetheappliancesina
GSAenvironmentwhilsthavingminimalimpacttosearchusersanddependentsystems.
ItisimportanttounderstandthepotentialimpactsoftheupgradeprocesstotheGSAdeployment
environment.Thissectiondiscussesanumberofscenarios,wherespecialconsiderationsshouldbemade
whenupgradingasearchappliance.
● Upgradingmultipleenvironments
● UpgradinganinterconnectedGSAnetwork
● Upgradingwithconnectorsorfeeds
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