
Chapter3UpgradingaConnector
Overview
GSAconnectorreleasesgenerallyfollowanindependentupdatecycletoGSAsoftwarereleases.The
overallreleasescheduleoftheGSAconnectorsuiteismarkedbytheincrementalreleasesoftheGoogle
ConnectorInstaller(GCI),whichcontainsaninstallerforeverysupportedGSAconnector.
ThelistofversionsoftheGSAConnectorscanbefoundviatheGoogleEnterpriseSupportPortalunder
Resources>GoogleSearchApplianceConnectorsSoftwareUpdates.
TheversionnumberingofeachGSAconnectorfollowsathreesegmentnamingconventionandcaninclude
aspecialversionidentifier,asshowninthefollowingformat:
Connectorname<majorversion><specialversionidentifier>
Someexamplesofthisnumberingschemeare:
● GSAConnectorforLivelink2.8.4
● GSAConnectorforSharePoint3.0.4
● GSAConnectorforSharePoint3.0.6RC1
Versionscontainingaspecialversionidentifieraretypicallyunsupportedversionswhichshouldnotbeused
inProduction.Eg.RC1isaReleaseCandidateversion.
GeneralUpgradeSteps
Thesimplestwaytoupgradeaconnectoristoinstallanewinstanceoftheconnectorandreindexall
content.Unlessotherwisestatedinconnectorreleasenotes,reindexingofallconnectorcontentis
recommendedforeveryversionupgradeofaconnector.
Thegeneralstepsforachievingthiswithaproductionenvironmentwouldinclude:
● SwitchservingtoaproductionbackupGSAenvironment
● InstallthenewversionoftheconnectorandreindexcontentintotheproductionGSA.Iflicense
capacityallows,documentsindexedviatheoldversionoftheconnectorcanberetainedandtested
againstdocumentsindexedfromthenewconnector(eg.viaseparatecollections).Thiswillallowfor
comparisonofcontentandsimplerrollbackifanyissuesareencountered.
● Testandverifydocumentsfromnewconnectorhavebeenindexedsuccessfullyandanyconnector
dependentsecuritymechanismsarestillfunctional(eg.connectorauthenticationorauthorization,
ACLindexing)
● ReinstateandresumeservingfromproductionGSAs,andperformupgradeconnectorsinthe
productionbackupGSAenvironment.
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