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Chapter3UpgradingaConnector

Overview

GSAconnectorreleasesgenerallyfollowanindependentupdatecycletoGSAsoftwarereleases.The

overallreleasescheduleoftheGSAconnectorsuiteismarkedbytheincrementalreleasesoftheGoogle

ConnectorInstaller(GCI),whichcontainsaninstallerforeverysupportedGSAconnector.

ThelistofversionsoftheGSAConnectorscanbefoundviatheGoogleEnterpriseSupportPortalunder

Resources>GoogleSearchApplianceConnectorsSoftwareUpdates.

TheversionnumberingofeachGSAconnectorfollowsathreesegmentnamingconventionandcaninclude

aspecialversionidentifier,asshowninthefollowingformat:

Connectorname<majorversion><specialversionidentifier>

Someexamplesofthisnumberingschemeare:

● GSAConnectorforLivelink2.8.4

● GSAConnectorforSharePoint3.0.4

● GSAConnectorforSharePoint3.0.6RC1

Versionscontainingaspecialversionidentifieraretypicallyunsupportedversionswhichshouldnotbeused

inProduction.Eg.RC1isaReleaseCandidateversion.

GeneralUpgradeSteps

Thesimplestwaytoupgradeaconnectoristoinstallanewinstanceoftheconnectorandreindexall

content.Unlessotherwisestatedinconnectorreleasenotes,reindexingofallconnectorcontentis

recommendedforeveryversionupgradeofaconnector.

Thegeneralstepsforachievingthiswithaproductionenvironmentwouldinclude:

● SwitchservingtoaproductionbackupGSAenvironment

● InstallthenewversionoftheconnectorandreindexcontentintotheproductionGSA.Iflicense

capacityallows,documentsindexedviatheoldversionoftheconnectorcanberetainedandtested

againstdocumentsindexedfromthenewconnector(eg.viaseparatecollections).Thiswillallowfor

comparisonofcontentandsimplerrollbackifanyissuesareencountered.

● Testandverifydocumentsfromnewconnectorhavebeenindexedsuccessfullyandanyconnector

dependentsecuritymechanismsarestillfunctional(eg.connectorauthenticationorauthorization,

ACLindexing)

● ReinstateandresumeservingfromproductionGSAs,andperformupgradeconnectorsinthe

productionbackupGSAenvironment.

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