9.3 Updating a Virtual Search Server

9.3.1 Setting Up a Virtual Search Server to Send Updates

The last step in setting up QuickFinder Synchronization is to configure one or more virtual search servers on your search master to send updates.

  1. On the Global Settings page of QuickFinder Server Manager, click Manage and select a virtual search server from the list.

  2. Under Settings, click Synchronization.

  3. Under Send Settings, click Yes next to Let virtual search server send cluster data.

  4. Click Edit next to the Under name of clusters to send to field.

  5. Select one or more clusters that you have defined, then click Apply.

  6. Select one or more indexes from Indexes to send to clusters.

    The indexes you select are sent to the designated clusters every time they are regenerated (manually or scheduled). Also, you can click the Indexes button under the Send indexes section to send these indexes immediately to the clusters you’ve selected.

  7. Click Apply Settings.

9.3.2 Sending Synchronization Updates Manually

After QuickFinder Synchronization is configured properly, you can go to a virtual search server and send index, template, and configuration updates at any time. For example, if you need to make a correction or addition to a template, you can open the Synchronization Settings page and click Templates under Send Now and the templates are then pushed out to all other virtual search servers in the clusters you selected in the Name of Clusters to Send To field.

  1. On the Global Settings page of QuickFinder Server Manager, click Manage and select a virtual search server from the list.

  2. Under Settings, click Synchronization.

  3. Under Send Now, click the Indexes, Templates, or Settings button to send updates from the current virtual search server to all others in the cluster.

When the process is underway, a confirmation page is returned. You don’t need to wait for the process to complete before continuing to work in QuickFinder Server Manager.