Change IP GSA Server

[marm...@gmail.com]

Hi,

We are going to change GSA , hardware and software.

The new GSA is G100 and the version is 7.2.

The old version is the 7.0

The idea is to install the new GSA with a new IP address and export and import the configuration of the old GSA.

After this we will re-indexing of all the content in the new GSA. 

And when finished the re-indexing of all the content,  we will shutdown the old GSA and we will change the IP in de new GSA.

My questions are:

- ¿Can we have both GSA's  re-index the same crawls and feeds at the same time ?

-  When I change the IP address in the new GSA (putting the IP address of the old GSA, ¿Need I do anything more in the configuration in the new GSA ?

Thanks

Koldo Marce

[Jasmine Tea]

Hi Koldo -

- ¿Can we have both GSA's re-index the same crawls and feeds at the same time ?

>> I don't see why not. The impact will be to the server(s) that you are crawling. Make sure the server(s) can handle the traffic or make sure you crawl at slower pace.

- When I change the IP address in the new GSA (putting the IP address
of the old GSA, ¿Need I do anything more in the configuration in the
new GSA ?

>> Can you explain the need to change the IP address? Is it because that is how folks access it? If that is the case, instead of changing the IP address, why don't you use DNS alias?

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Hoa (Wa) La

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Just recognize that all your learned informations are lost after the switch.

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[marm...@gmail.com]

HI,

yes, it will be better use DNS alias, but it's in a client and I don´t now how folks access it, ans i don`t know if I can use DNS alias, or the folks are with IP address

Thanks

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[Jasmine Tea]

Hah, that is always a challenge working with client. You might
propose this to them and see what they think. This is the easy way,
with no down time for the switch.

I have not had the pleasure of changing the IP address on a GSA. I
hope you will get other reply as I'm also curious.

Thanks
Hoa (Wa) La

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[Dave Watts]

> We are going to change GSA , hardware and software.
> The new GSA is G100 and the version is 7.2.
> The old version is the 7.0
>
> The idea is to install the new GSA with a new IP address and export and
> import the configuration of the old GSA.
>
> After this we will re-indexing of all the content in the new GSA.
> And when finished the re-indexing of all the content, we will shutdown the
> old GSA and we will change the IP in de new GSA.
>
> My questions are:
>
> - ¿Can we have both GSA's re-index the same crawls and feeds at the same
> time ?

Yes, but they won't be exactly synchronized. In other words, each GSA
will crawl and receive/process feeds independently.

> - When I change the IP address in the new GSA (putting the IP address of
> the old GSA, ¿Need I do anything more in the configuration in the new GSA ?

No, but you'll need to have physical access to the GSA and use the
initial configuration process just like you originally did. You may
have to reenter other field values (SMTP, NTP, DNS, etc) so make sure
you have a copy of those values before you rerun the configuration
process.

Now, those are the direct answers to your questions, but I'm not sure
I'd follow this approach if I were you. There are two things I'd
consider doing differently.

First, I'd recommend that you simply use DNS as intended, rather than
changing IP addresses. I would be very surprised if this wasn't an
option in your client's environment.

Second, you might consider upgrading the old GSA to 7.2, then adding
the new GSA as a mirror. This will allow you to synchronize everything
very nicely. Once you've done this, you can break the mirroring and
decommission the old GSA. That said, you could only do this if you can
use different IP addresses for each GSA.

Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
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