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When the failed node is not the master node – Google Search Appliance Configuring Distributed Crawling and Serving version 6.14 and later User Manual

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Google Search Appliance: Configuring Distributed Crawling and Serving

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When the Failed Node is Not the Master Node

To recover from a node failure when GSA mirroring is not enabled and the failed node is not the master
node:

1.

Log in to the Admin Console of the master search appliance in the distributed crawling
configuration.

2.

Click GSA

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> Configuration.

3.

Edit the shard containing the failed node.

4.

Delete the failed node.

5.

Click Save.

6.

Add the new search appliance to the configuration.

7.

Click Save.

8.

Click the GSA

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Configuration link.

9.

Click Apply Configuration. This broadcasts the configuration data to all appliances in the GSA

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network. Note that document serving will be interrupted briefly on the master node after you click
Apply Configuration.