11-21-2017 02:13 AM
So I understand that when adding a new Index location, the location should empty.
However, we will be migrating indexes to a different NetApp Filer. So the path for the indexes will change.
During this migration the indexes will be copied to the new location and only after that we will get the new paths.
In this case, we wont be able to add the Index location as it already has data in it and wont be able to update the SQL entries as per:
https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.HOWTO59084
Is it possible to update these entries after the data is copied or do we have to update the new path before the copy starts.
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11-21-2017 05:01 AM
Hi,
You can make the following operation for minimize the time without EV :
- Make a first copy of your EV Index in the new location
- Stop all EV services
- Make a robocopy of your EV Index in the new location for copy only the delta
- Use SQL Query for update the path
- Start all EV services
Regards,
Antoine
11-21-2017 05:01 AM
Hi,
You can make the following operation for minimize the time without EV :
- Make a first copy of your EV Index in the new location
- Stop all EV services
- Make a robocopy of your EV Index in the new location for copy only the delta
- Use SQL Query for update the path
- Start all EV services
Regards,
Antoine
11-21-2017 07:00 AM
Thank you Titoine31.
I will test this in our test environment first and check if this works.
By the way, is /MIR the correct parameter for delta only robocopy?
11-21-2017 09:05 AM
Yes, it is ;)
You can use something like that : Robocopy <source> <destination> /MIR /R:3 /W:3 /Log+:c:\temp\IndexCopy.log
Antoine
11-22-2017 01:35 AM - edited 11-22-2017 01:39 AM
Thank you again.
I tried these steps but maybe I am missing something.
Is this the correct query for updating the path after the robocopy:
Update IndexRootPathEntry
Set IndexRootPath = '\\servernew\path\Index1'
where IndexRootPath = '\\serverold\path2\Index1'
11-22-2017 02:25 AM
You want move Index Location on the sema server or on another server in your EV Site ?
It's not the same SQL query ;)
11-22-2017 02:37 AM
Only the storage server is changing. That is the index data needs to be migrated to another NetApp vfiler server.
So no changes as such in the index server or the site.
11-23-2017 12:46 AM
Ok, then you can try your query, I think that's enough ;)
11-23-2017 12:53 AM
Thank you Titione31.
The steps worked fine and I can see the path was updated correctly on the Indexing service as well.