Copy the activity stream search index to new nodes

When we add a node to the News cluster, to ensure high availability for activity stream search requests, copy the activity stream search index to the new node. Before copying the index, ensure disabling scheduled metadata collections.

To copy the activity stream search index to a new node.

1. Access the Activity Stream Search Administration page:

   http://server_name/news/web/activityStreamSearchAdmin/activityStreamSearchAdmin.action

2. Disable source metadata collection by selecting...
   More actions | Disable Schedule

   This action stops future collections, but it does not delete existing metadata from the index.

3. Copy the activity stream search index folder from an existing node to the new node :

   1. Log in to the WAS console and click...
      Servers | Clusters | WebSphere application server clusters | News_cluster_name | Additional Properties | Cluster members | Details

   2. In the table of cluster members, make a note of the nodes that host the cluster members.

   3. Copy the activity stream search index folder from an existing node to the new node.

      The activity stream search index is located in the ActivityStream folder defined by the WAS variable...

      ACTIVITY_STREAM_SEARCH_INDEX_DIR

      The default location is...

      /opt/IBM/Connections/DataLocal/news/search/index

      The activity stream search index is located in the ActivityStream subfolder...

      ACTIVITY_STREAM_SEARCH_INDEX_DIR/ActivityStream

4. Re-enable source metadata collection.

Parent topic:
Activity stream search

Related:
Configure activity stream search index settings
WAS environment variables