22.3 Managing Search Nodes

This dialog lets you control access to the Filrsearch appliances (search nodes) and is integral to certain index maintenance operations.

For example, you can take one Lucene node out of service for maintenance while other Lucene nodes continue to operate. Then you can synchronize the out-of-date Lucene node with the current indexing data.

For more information, see Search Index Maintenance in Filr 23.2: Maintenance Best Practices Guide

Path: Port 8443 Filr Admin ConsoleSearch Index > Nodes

Table 22-3 Using the Search Nodes dialog

Field, Option, or Button

Information and/or Action

  • Node information

    • IP_address

    • Host:

    • RMI Port:

  • This is informational only.

  • User Mode Access:

  • Read and Write: This is the normal operating mode and allows the Filr system to both retrieve information from the index and modify the index.

  • Write Only: Select this if you are performing a re-index on the search index node.

  • No Access: Selecting this option ensures that no data is written to the index while maintenance is being performed, such as upgrading the appliances or adding more disk space or memory

  • Enable Deferred Update Log

  • Do not deselect this unless instructed to do so by a support technician as part of resolving an incident report.