Search Engine Hardware Refresh

You can replace the hardware for a Search Engine node.

Before You Begin

You must use the qlogin command to perform this procedure. Ensure you have credentials to log in and perform command line functions on the CommServe computer.

Procedure

1. Determine if the Search Engine node that you want to replace was an admin node by performing the following steps:

   1. From the CommCell Browser, go to Storage Resources > Search Engines.

   2. To view the list of clients configured as Search Engine nodes, click a Search Engine cloud.

      The admin node has ADMIN listed in the Server Type column.

2. Install the Search Engine software on the new server, and add it as an additional node to the existing Search Engine cloud.

   See Installing the Search Engine.

3. Use the P2VCIIndexMove workflow to move the index directory from the old Search Engine node to the new Search Engine node.

   See Changing the Location of the Search Index.

4. Re-enable content indexing on the new Search Engine node.

   See Enabling Content Indexing on a Search Engine Configured in Search Only Mode.

5. If the old Search Engine was configured as the admin node, then perform the following steps:

   1. On the CommServe computer, open a Command Prompt window as an administrator.

   2. Go to the software_installation_path/Base folder.

   3. Type qlogin, press Enter, and then enter your CommCell login credentials.

   4. Run the following qscript to configure the Search Engine node as the admin node:

       
      qoperation execscript -sn QS_ChangeSearchEngineAdminRole -si SearchEngineNodeName

      where SearchEngineNodeName is the name of the Search Engine node that you want to configure as the admin node.

6. Restart Commvault services on the new Search Engine server.

7. Verify that content indexing and search operations work as expected.

8. Delete the old Search Engine machine by performing the following steps:

   1. On the CommServe computer, open a Command Prompt window as an administrator.

   2. Go to the software_installation_path/Base folder.

   3. Type qlogin, press Enter, and then enter your CommCell login credentials.

   4. Run the following qscript to delete the old Search Engine node from the CommCell:

      qoperation execscript -sn QS_DeleteSearchEngineNode -si SearchEngineNodeName

      where SearchEngineNodeName is the name of the old Search Engine node that you want to delete.