
Indexingconsiderations
Whenupgradingasearchappliancethatusesconnectorsorfeedstoindexdocuments,theconnectoror
feedsmustbestoppedorpausedforthedurationoftheupdateprocess,astheGSAwillnotprocessfeeds
duringthecourseofanupgrade.
Servingconsiderations
Whenconnectorsareusedforauthenticationand/orauthorization,andservingisswitchedtoamirroredor
hotbackupsearchapplianceduringtheupgradeofamasterGSA,theconnectorwillneedtobeconfigured
torespondtoauthentication/authorizationrequestsfromthealternativeGSA.Thiscanbeachievedby
followingtheinstructionsin“ConfiguringConnectorswithGSAMirroring.”
ExecutingaGSAupgrade
Thefollowingstepsoutlinethefinalpreparationsrecommendedpriortoexecutingaversionupgradetothe
GSA:
BecomefamiliarwiththeUpdateInstructions
TheUpdateInstructionsforthetargetedreleaseversioncontaincriticalinformationrelatedtoexecutingthe
upgrade,andmayincludespecialconsiderationsthatapplytocertaindeploymentenvironments.For
example:
● IfMirroring,DistributedCrawlingandServe,orUnificationareinuse,theUpdateInstructionsfor
eachversionwillcontainspecificstepstobefollowed
● IfPolicyACLsorDynamicNavigationareinuse,theUpdateInstructionsmayhavespecial
considerationsforthesefeatures.
Determinewhethertorebuildormigratethesearchindex
Mostversionupgradeswillprovidetheoptioneithertomigratetheexistingsearchindextothenewversion,
orwipetheindexandforcearecrawlofallcontent(feedsandconnectorswillalsoneedtoresendall
content).Inmostcases,migratingtheindexisthemosteffectivemeanstoperformanupdate.
Situationswhererebuildingtheindexwouldbeappropriateinclude:
● Whenreindexingisrequiredtotakeadvantageofnewfeatures.Forexample,usingDocument
Previewsinv7.0requirescontenttobereindexed.
● WhenupdatingaReplicasearchapplianceinamirroredGSAnetwork,theindexoftheReplica
GSAshouldnotbemigratedandwillneedtobesynchronizedfromtheMasterGSAoncethe
updateiscomplete.
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