Google Search Appliance Getting the Most from Your Google Search Appliance - Manual (Page 69)

Google Search Appliance: Getting the Most from Your Google Search Appliance Essentials 69
Learn More about Developing Custom Connectors
For information about developing a connector, refer to the Connector Developer’s Guide, http://google-
enterprise-connector-manager.googlecode.com/svn/docs/devguide/ .
Monitoring a Search Appliance
The Google Search Appliance provides extensive reports (see “Using Search Appliance Reports” on
page 69) that can help you to analyze the content that has or has not been indexed and why. You can
also monitor the Search Appliance by using an SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
management application (see “Monitoring a Search Appliance with SNMP” on page 70). SNMP is an
Internet standard protocol that is used to monitor the operation of devices on a network.
Using Search Appliance Reports
Reports are available from the Admin Console. The following table lists and describes each report and
gives the Admin Console page where you can find the report.
Report Description Admin Console page
Crawl status Crawl status shows documents served, crawling rate
and errors. Status and Reports >
Crawl Status
Crawl
diagnostics Crawl diagnostics provides interactive navigation
through directories to see the status of each page. It
also provides a “list format,” which displays each of the
crawled URLs and status. Status and Reports >
Crawl Diagnostics
Real-time
diagnostics Real-time diagnostics provide real-time information for
the search appliance, including HTTP headers for a
specific URL and traffic on the network layer. Status and Reports >
Real-time Diagnostics
Crawl queue
snapshot A crawl queue snapshot shows the set of URLs that are
overdue to be crawled and the URLs that the appliance
is waiting to crawl. Multiple snapshots can be defined,
each with their own criteria, such as number of URLs to
include, forthcoming hours to include, and include URLs
from a specific host. Status and Reports >
Crawl Queue
Content
statistics Content statistics provide summary information about
crawled files such as Mime Types, Number of Files,
Average Size, Total Size, Minimum Size, and Maximum
Size. Status and Reports >
Content Statistics
Serving status Serving status shows recent queries per second by
collection. Status and Reports >
Serving Status
System status The System Status page monitors the available disk
space, the temperature of the components, and the
status of the computers that make up the search
appliance. Status and Reports >
System Status
Serving logs Serving logs contain detailed information about how
the search appliance serves results for every query. Status and Reports >
Serving Logs