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Disabling mirroring on an existing replica node, Gsa mirroring diagnostics – Google Search Appliance Configuring GSA Mirroring version 7.0 User Manual

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4.

Click the Remove link that corresponds to the replica you are deleting from the configuration.

5.

Click Apply Changes.

6.

Log in to the Admin Console of the replica node.

7.

Click GSA

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> Configuration.

8.

Click Disable GSA

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. The Crawl Diagnostics page is not available for approximately 15 minutes after

you disable GSA

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.

Disabling Mirroring on an Existing Replica Node

Use these instructions to disable mirroring from the master node to a replica node. The mirroring
configuration still exists but data is not mirrored from the master node to the replica.

To disable mirroring an existing replica node:

1.

Log in to the master search appliance.

2.

Navigate to GSA

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> Configuration.

3.

Locate the replica node you want to disable.

4.

Uncheck the Enable check box.

5.

Click Apply Configuration. The change is propagated to the replica node and data is not mirrored
until you check the check box again. Note that document serving will be interrupted briefly on the
master node after you click Apply Configuration.

GSA Mirroring Diagnostics

The GSA mirroring feature includes diagnostic information specific to the feature. The diagnostic
information is displayed under Admin Console > GSA

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> Diagnostics on the master node only. If you

try to access the page on a mirror node, you see only the connection status of nodes on the GSA

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network.

The following table describes the diagnostic information.

Label

Explanation

Node

Google Search Appliance host name.

Peer Status

Shows the current status of the multibox configuration: Config Sync, UP, or
DOWN for Master; Non-Master (Distributed Crawling) Setup and N/A for
Master-Replica (Mirroring) Setup.

Current Time

The current date and time, for example: 2011/02/17 11:35.

Last Config Sync
Completed

The date and time when the administrative configuration was most recently
synchronized from the master node to the replica nodes; for example, 2010/01/
08 16:46.

Serving Index
Creation Time

The date and time when the currently-serving search index was created; for
example, 2010/01/08 16:41.