Configuring indexing settings in DataMiner Cube

The indexing settings in System Center determine which information is stored in the indexing database of a dedicated clustered storage setup.

To configure these settings, go to System Center > Search & Indexing.

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• From DataMiner 10.3.0/10.3.3 onwards, for systems with a dedicated clustered storage setup, essential indexing database settings that are required to set up the database are available in System Center along with the general database settings. See Configuring the general database settings.
• For earlier DataMiner versions or for setups with storage per DMA, the indexing setup is configured in DB.xml. See indexing database settings.

The following settings are available:

• Enable indexing on alarms: Enables indexing of alarms. If this option is not enabled, the enhanced search options in the Alarm Console are not available. For systems using STaaS or dedicated clustered storage, this setting is not used.

• Migrate booking data to Indexing Engine: Allows you to migrate older booking data (i.e., from prior to DataMiner 10.0) stored in a Cassandra database per DMA to the indexing database, if this has not been done yet. This option is not relevant for dedicated clustered storage or STaaS setups and is no longer available from DataMiner server 10.5.0 [CU12]/10.6.0 onwards.

  Please note the following regarding the migration of booking data:

  • Property names must not start with an underscore (“_”) or contain any of the following characters: . # * , " '
    As such, the wizard will ask you to rename certain booking properties before starting the migration. To ensure the correct functionality of the Service & Resource Management module, some properties will be renamed automatically. For example, the Visual.Background and Visual.Foreground properties will automatically be renamed as VisualBackground and VisualForeground.

  • After migrating the booking data to the indexing database, make sure to check your automation scripts and Visio files and adjust the booking property names where necessary.

  • After the migration is complete, you can use the Retrieve report button in the wizard to get a summary report of the migration.

  • An indexing database takes about twice as much disk space to store booking data compared to a Cassandra database.

Note

• The indexing configuration is saved in the file Indexing.xml in the folder C:\Skyline DataMiner\Database.
• To include booking data from the indexing database in a custom backup, select Include SRM in backup in the content tab of the Backup page. See Configuring the DataMiner backups.
• Resources and profiles are not automatically migrated to the indexing database as well. For more information on how to migrate these, see Migrating SRM resources to the indexing database and Migrating SRM profiles to the indexing database.

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See also: Indexing database settings