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Add a backup indexer row (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)

 

Applies to: FAST Search Server 2010

You can add a backup indexer row on a new set of servers, or you can add the backup indexer role to an existing search row in your farm deployment.

To add a backup indexer row

  1. Determine the changes you need to apply to the deployment configuration file (deployment.xml):

    • If you add a backup indexer row on a new set of servers:

      • searchcluster: Add a row element for the backup indexer row, with the index attribute set to "secondary".

      • host: Add a host element for each server in the new backup indexer row. Add a searchengine sub-element with correct row and column attribute values.

    • If you add the backup indexer role to an existing search row:

      • searchcluster: For the existing search row, set the index attribute to "secondary".
  2. Reconfigure the deployment:

  3. Copy the index data from the primary indexer to the backup indexer:

See Also

Concepts

Manage high availability of the content index (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
Verify the status of the backup indexer (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
Synchronize the primary and the backup indexer servers (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
Replace a failed primary indexer server (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
Replace a failed backup indexer server (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
deployment.xml reference