Adding or deleting nodes, Updating a gsa unification configuration – Google Search Appliance Configuring GSA Unification User Manual
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2.
Complete the “Unified Environment Checklist” on page 18.
3.
Log in to the Admin Console on the primary node.
4.
Complete the GSA Unification > Host Configuration page on the primary node.
5.
Log in to the Admin Console on each of the secondary nodes.
6.
Complete the GSA Unification > Host Configuration page on each secondary node.
7.
On the primary node, navigate to GSA Unification > Nodes Configuration and add each of the
secondary nodes, including the secret token, appliance ID, host name, and network IP address for
each secondary node. When you make changes on this page, the unified environments service
restarts.
8.
On each of the secondary nodes, navigate to GSA Unification > Nodes Configuration and add the
primary node, including the secret token, appliance ID, host name, and network IP address of the
primary node. When you make changes on this page, the unified environment service restarts. Do
not add any of the secondary nodes on another secondary node.
9.
On the primary node only, complete the Crawl and Index > Composite Collections page.
10. On the primary node, make any required updates to the crawl patterns and crawler access
information.
11. On the primary node, make changes to the front ends to ensure that queries are correctly
distributed to all nodes in the unified environment.
Adding or Deleting Nodes
If you add or remove search appliances in a unified environment, ensure that you update the following:
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GSA Unification > Nodes Configuration page on the primary node
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GSA Unification > Nodes Configuration page on the search appliance you are adding or removing
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Crawl patterns and crawler access
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Composite collections
•
Front ends
Updating a GSA Unification Configuration
If you are updating an existing unified environment, follow these high-level instructions in conjunction
with the update instructions.
To update an existing unified environment:
1.
Using the instructions in this document, start the update process on each of the search appliances
in the unified environment.
2.
Update the system on each appliance.
3.
Update the software on each appliance, but do not accept the updated software.
4.
Log in to the Admin Console of the primary search appliance in the configuration.