CMS, Content Searches using Google device versus Index Service

by **TWFya01hY2U** » Sat, 07 Oct 2006 03:29:02 GMT

We have 2 Load Balanced servers (A and B) using CMS 2001.  We moved away from 
Web Indexing for searches and use 2 external 2 load balanced Google hardware 
devices (1 and 2).  CMS 2001 is set up using Hierarchy-based URLs so we 
thought we'd be fine for search results integrated into our web site.

In the past, when a load balancer passed a user to CMS Server A and made a 
search for let say sample.pdf, Web Indexing on Server A provided the 
results www.mywebpage.com/News/pdf/abdc_123_sample.pdf.  You would hit the 
search link result and get the file.  No problem.

Now having an external search engine device, the external search engine 
devices would web crawl www.mywebpage.com and either hit CMS Web Serve A or 
B.  Remember the web site is load balanced, so web crawl gets randomly sent 
to  CMS Server A or B.

We didn't think this was an issue until we noticed that if we hit CMS Web 
Server A and did a search for "sample.pdf" we would get mixed search results 
maybe hitting CMS Web Server B content, therefore giving a URL link like  
www.mywebpage.com/News/pdf/abdc_xyz_sample.pdf and not 
www.mywebpage.com/News/pdf/abdc_123_sample.pdf

When the user on CMS Web Server A would hit the resulting web crawl link 
found on CMS Web Server B with 
www.mywebpage.com/News/pdf/abdc_xyz_sample.pdf, we would get an Error Page 
with "Page Not Found" from Server A.

I think that when CMS Web Server A or B did Web Indexing in the past, it 
would find it's own CMS content while the user attached to it's session did 
the search.  When using external search engines that crawl www.mywebpage.com 
on sites that are CMS Web Server load balanced, there is a disconnect, and 
correct content links will only resolve if your on Server A, where Search 
Engine Device 1 provides results pointing to content distributed by CMS Web 
Server A.
 
Hope this doesn't sound confusing?  

Has anyone encountered such an issue when using external search engine 
devices using CMS 2001?  Any work around when using external search engines 
versus Web Indexing?

Thanks,

Mark

by **Stefan [MSFT]** » Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:52:32 GMT

Hi Mark,

you need to sychronize the MCMS encryption keys using the ManageKey.exe tool 
in the MCMS server\bin directory.

Cheers,
Stefan

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by **TWFya01hY2U** » Sun, 08 Oct 2006 07:07:01 GMT

lways doing backups.

I export CMS's security cookie in ManageKey.exe from CMS clustered web
server A and B

Does anyone know if this is a 2 step process? Meaning:

Step 1. I need to Import the security cookie from A to B
Step 2. Then take B's security cookie I made before and import it into A

I tried a search after doing the Imports in 2 step process and it still
failes. Wondering if I need to s{*filter*}the old Google utility crawl, and tell
the box to start a fresh web crawl on the CMS site?

Feedback?

Thanks,

Mark.

"Stefan [MSFT]" wrote:

by **Stefan [MSFT]** » Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:38:15 GMT

i Mark,

no. As outlined in the MCMS documentation you need to export it on one
machine and import this into all other machines.

Cheers,
Stefan

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