Guide to Software Release 7.4
This document describes features that are new or changed since release 7.2.
Google Search Appliance release 7.4 updates are now available for the GB100, GB500, GB-7007 and GB-9009. For a list of new, fixed, previous, and closed issues for software release 7.4, refer to the release notes. Both the software updates and the release notes are available at the Google for Work Support site, https://google.secure.force.com (login required).
About “Beta” features
About “Deprecated” features
New and changed features
The following sections describe new and changed features in software release 7.4:
New Groups page
Release 7.4 introduces the Content Sources > Groups page in the Admin Console. You can use this page to download the groups DB file from the search appliance, view information about groups on the search appliance, delete groups from a particular source, and delete all the contents in the groups DB file. For more information, click Help > Content Sources > Groups in the Admin Console.
4.0 connectors out of beta
At this time, the following 4.0 Connectors are fully supported features no longer in beta:
For more information, see the documentation for the Google Connectors.
Deprecated features
Beginning with release 7.4, the following features are deprecated for the Google Search Appliance:
Google Apps Integration
In GSA release 7.4, Google Apps integration is deprecated. It will be removed in a future release.
On-Board file system crawling
In GSA release 7.4, on-board file system crawling (File System Gateway) is deprecated. It will be removed in a future release. If you have configured on-board file system crawling for your GSA, install and configure the Google Connector for File Systems 4.0.4 or later instead. For more information, see “Deploying the Connector for File Systems,” available from the Connector Documentation page.
On-Board database crawler
In GSA release 7.4, the on-board database crawler is deprecated. It will be removed in a future release. If you have configured on-board database crawling for your GSA, install and configure the Google Connector for Databases 4.0.4 or later instead. For more information, see “Deploying the Connector for Databases,” available from the Connector Documentation page.
On-Board Connector Manager and connectors
In GSA release 7.4, the on-board connector manager and connectors are deprecated. They will be removed in a future release. If you have configured on-board connectors for your GSA, install and configure an off-board Google Connector. For more information, see the documentation that is available from the Connector Documentation page.
Release 7.4 documentation
Google Search Appliance documentation is available from the GSA help center as both web pages in HTML format and PDF (Portable Document Format) files that you can download and print. Search appliance troubleshooting and deployment documentation, as well as copies of Admin Console help, are also available from the GSA help center. Please check them out!
Supported browsers and third-party software
Documentation Addendum
This table in this section describes any changes to the Admin Console help center that do not appear in the translated versions of help pages in the product. To view these changes, visit the Admin Console help that is available from the Google Search Appliance help center. These changes will be incorporated into the next release of the Google Search Appliance software.
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Separated the Perform Diagnostics option from the Update Settings option. |
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