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Verifying FAST InStream Installation on UNIX


Once installation has completed, the FAST installation should be verified by checking the status of the FAST processes.

To verify FAST InStream installation on UNIX

  1. Change directory to /<install_directory>/instream/bin.
  2. Start the FAST InStream server by executing the command start_server all.
  3. Run the command ./nctrl systatus

    This will list the status of the modules and processes.

  4. If the status of any process is Dead or User Suspended, start all the processes by executing the command ./nctrl start.
  5. If any remaining processes have a status of Dead or User Suspended, start each process individually by executing the command ./nctrl start <ProcessName>.
  6. Start the Fast InStream administration console by launching the URL http://<Fast_Server>:16000/.
  7. Select the System Overview tab and verify that all modules have a status of Responding, except for the Data Source module.
  8. Select the Collections Overview tab and verify that the buscomp collection is listed.
  9. Select the Document Processing tab and verify that the following eight custom Siebel pipelines are loaded in the Pipelines section:
    • SSCLotusNotesPipe (webcluster)
    • SSCBCHybridPipe (webcluster)
    • SSCMSExchangePipe (webcluster)
    • SSCEntWebCrawlerPipe (webcluster)
    • SSCFileSystemPipe (webcluster)
    • SSCDBPipe (webcluster)
    • SSCBCPipe (webcluster)
    • SSCSharepointPipe (webcluster)
  10. Select the Document Processing tab and verify that the following twenty three processing pipelines are loaded in the Custom Stages and Default Stages sections:
    • CleanupFileURI
    • DocumentRetrieverWithRetryWithProxy
    • ExchangeDateNormalizer
    • RetrieveContentID
    • SSCAttributeAssignerBCColName
    • SSCAttributeAssignerBCDocType
    • SSCAttributeAssignerDBColName
    • SSCAttributeAssignerDBDocType
    • SSCAttributeAssignerEWCBCType
    • SSCAttributeAssignerEWCColName
    • SSCAttributeAssignerFSBCType
    • SSCAttributeAssignerFSColName
    • SSCAttributeAssignerLNBCType
    • SSCAttributeAssignerLNColName
    • SSCAttributeAssignerSPBCType
    • SSCAttributeAssignerSPColName
    • SSCAttributeAssignerXchgBCType
    • SSCAttributeAssignerXchgColName
    • SSCAttributeAssignerXchgData
    • SSCAttributeCopyExchange
    • SSCAttributeCopyFileURI
    • SSCAttributeCopyMailDateRecieved
  11. Select the Matching Engines tab.
  12. Click on the update icon in the Cluster column.

    The Edit Webcluster view is displayed.

  13. Select the View Current Index-Profile link and verify that the customized Siebel index profile XML file is launched.
  14. Navigate to Matching Engines > Host and verify that three partitions are indexed and are in state idle.
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