
UpgradeConsiderations
CommonconsiderationsthatshouldbetakenintoaccountwhenupgradingGSAconnectorsinclude:
Changestotheconnector
● Someconnectorupgradesincludemajorchangestoconnectordesign,andmayimpactthe
configurationoftheoverallGSAenvironment.Forexample,theGSAConnectorforLotusNotes3.0
introducedearlybindingandifused,requiresthecorrectsecuritymechanismstobeconfiguredfor
authenticationinorderforsecuresearchtofunctioncorrectly.Thesechangesshouldbedetermined
throughanalysisofthenewconnectorfeaturesandanimpactanalysiswithintheexistingGSA
environment.
DependenciesontheGSA
● GSAconnectorsdependonfunctionalitywithintheGSAtooperate,andsomenewversionsof
connectorsaretiedtonewfeaturesintroducedwithintheGSA.Forexample,theGSAConnector
forFileSystems3.0reliesonnewfunctionalityintroducedwithinGSA7.0.
Reindexing
● Whenreindexingconnectorcontent,acompleteretraversalofthecontentsystemisrequired,and
mayimpactperformancethroughtheincreasedloadonthecontentsystem.
● ReindexingwithanewconnectorinstancewillalsoincreaseGSAlicensecountusage,ifexisting
documentsarenotremovedfromtheindexpriortoconnectorupgrade.
● Insomespecialcircumstances,reindexingofallcontentmaynotberequiredwhenperforminga
GSAconnectorupgrade.Thiscircumstancevariesforeachconnectorandeachversion,andshould
onlybedeterminedwithexpertanalysisandguidance.
Changestothetargetcontentsystem
● Someconnectorsrequiresoftwaretobeinstalledontothetargetcontentsource(eg.theGSA
ConnectorforSharePoint)andnewversionswilltypicallyincludeupdatestothesecomponents.
● Thismayalsohavelimitationsforrunningtwoversionsofaconnectorsimultaneouslyduringthe
upgradeprocess(eg.theGSAConnectorforSharePointrequiresanappropriateversionofthe
GoogleServicesforSharePointtobeinstalledontheSharePointserver).
Forcomplexconnectorupgradescenarios,aGSAQualifiedDeploymentSpecialistshouldbeconsultedfor
adviceandguidance.
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