Set up a
Search Engine node and configure indexing.
Prerequisites
Ensure that:
A vCenter datastore has been configured. The
PowerProtect Data Manager Virtual Machine User Guide provides detailed steps for adding a vCenter server as an asset source.
PowerProtect Data Manager has discovered the networks for the vCenter server.
The following requirements for the PowerProtect
Search Engine are met:
NOTE Each
Search Engine node must meet the system requirements.
CPU: 4 * 2 GHz (4 virtual sockets, 1 core for each socket)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Disks: 3 disks (50 GB each) and 1 disk (1 TB)
Internet Protocol: Only IPv4
NIC: One vmxnet3 NIC with one port
The
PowerProtect Data Manager system is configured to use an NTP server. NTP server configuration is required to synchronize the time across the
Search Engine nodes in a multi-node cluster.
Steps
From the
PowerProtect Data Manager UI, select
Infrastructure > Search Engine, and then click
Add Node.
In the
Add Search Engine Node wizard, provide the required parameters.
Hostname,
IP Address,
Gateway,
DNS, and
Netmask—Note that only IPv4 addresses are supported.
vCenter—If you have added multiple vCenter server instances, select the vCenter server on which to deploy the
Search Engine node.
NOTE Ensure that you do not select the internal vCenter server.
ESX Host/Cluster—Select on which cluster or ESXi host you want to deploy the
Search Engine node.
Network—Displays all the networks that are available under the selected ESXi Host/Cluster. For virtual networks (VLANs), this network carries management traffic.
Data Store—Displays all datastores that are accessible to the selected ESXi Host/Cluster.
Click
Next.
The
Networks Configuration page displays.
On the
Networks Configuration page:
The
Networks Configuration page configures the virtual network (VLAN) to use for
Data for Management Components traffic. To continue without virtual network configuration, leave the
Preferred Network Portgroup selection blank and then click
Next.
From the
Preferred Network Portgroup list, select a Virtual Guest Tagging (VGT) group.
VST (Virtual Switch Tagging) groups are not supported.
The list displays all virtual networks within the trunk range. If you select a portgroup that contains multiple networks,
PowerProtect Data Manager automatically selects all networks. Individual networks cannot be selected.
A
Search Engine node requires an IP address from the static IP pool for each selected virtual network. If there are not enough IP addresses in a pool, the wizard prompts you to supply additional addresses for that network.
Ensure that the selected virtual networks support a traffic type that is compatible with
Search Engine nodes.
If required, type an available static IP address or IP address range in the
Additional IP Addresses column for the indicated virtual network.
For convenience when working with multiple virtual networks, you can also use one of the
Auto Expand options:
Expand Last IP—The wizard increments the host portion of the last IP address in the static IP pool. Click
Apply.
Same Last Digit—The wizard adds the network portion of the IP address to the specified value. Type the host portion of the IP address and then click
Apply.
The wizard updates the value in the
Additional IP addresses column for each network. Verify the proposed IP addresses.
Click
Next.
On the
Summary page, review the information and then click
Finish.
The new
Search Engine node is deployed, and details are displayed in the lower panel.
(Optional) Repeat the previous steps to deploy additional
Search Engine nodes to the cluster.
NOTE Ensure that the previous
Search Engine node successfully deploys before you add another.
In the
Configure Search Engine dialog box, enable or disable indexing, accept or change the expiration period, and then click
OK.
NOTE
When the index cluster reaches 70 percent, an alert is generated. When it reaches 90 percent, an alert is generated and indexing is suspended. Specify a global index expiry interval to periodically clean up indexes, which frees up space.
To turn off or modify indexing, select
Infrastructure > Search Engine, select the cluster, and click
Configure Cluster. From the
Configure Search Cluster dialog box, you can enable/disable the service or change the number of expiration days.
Indexes expire according to the global setting or when the associated copies expire, whichever occurs first.
To stop indexing assets that have been added to a protected protection policy, disable the indexing option during protection policy configuration.
You can add up to a maximum of 5
Search Engine nodes.
Next steps
NOTE
When you edit or retry an operation that failed and there are additional IP addresses in the address pool,
PowerProtect Data Manager marks the last failed IP address as abandoned.
PowerProtect Data Manager does not try to reuse any IP addresses that are marked as abandoned. The UI does not display this condition.
KB article 000181120 provides more information about how to use the REST API to detect when an IP address is marked as abandoned. The article also provides steps to correct this condition so that the IP address can be used again.
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