To add a Federated Search Instance, complete the following steps:
1 Go to the Archive Manager Administration menu page and click Federated Search Instances.
2 On the Federated Search Instance Administration page, click Click here to Add a Federated Search Instance.
3 Enter the following information:
Name: Is the display name of your Federated Search Instance.
Remote Server: The hostname of the remote Archive Manager server that you want to add.
Remote URL: The URL of the remote instance. For example, http://archivemanager2.domain.com
Weight: Enter a numeric value between 0 and 255 to indicate the order of the Federated Search Instances when returning search results. Search results will be displayed in order from the highest numbered Federated Search Instance to the lowest. The local server will always be searched first.
Username: The user account used to sign in to the remote Federated Search Instance. You can use a Domain User or the Archive Manager builtin user, The user must have the Impersonate security action. For information on security roles and adding actions to security roles, see the Security Roles chapter in the Administration guide.
NOTE: The user conducting the search must sign in to the local server and have an account on the remote instance(s).
Password: The password for the user account used to sign in to the Federated Search Instance.
Domain: The domain where the Federated Search Instance resides. If you are using the default admin account in the remote instance you would specify "Default" for the domain.
Active: Check this box to include the Federated Search Instance that you are adding to the search.
4 Click Add to add a Federated Search Instance.