• It10DefSelHarv

Define and run selective harvest

This page describes how to define and run a selective harvest of netarkivet.dk

Do following in a browser: Start Program

• Go to http://$GUIadminserver:$http-port/HarvestDefinition/

  • where GUIadminserver and http-port are specified in the deploy configuration file under the application named dk.netarkivet.common.webinterface.GUIApplication

  • In the one-machine setup (deploy_example_one_machine.xml ) the link will be : http://localhost:8074

Make a new selective harvest definition with a name you can remember

• Click 'Definitions'->'Selective Harvests' in the left menu

• Click 'Create new harvest definition' in the bottom of the main window

• Fill in the Harvest name and note the name for later use (from now referred as <sh. name>)

• Choose "Once_a_week" in the drop down list for 'Schedule'
• Write =netarkivet.dk= in the 'Enter Domain...' window and click 'Add domains'
• If =netarkivet.dk= is unknown (i.e. not registered in the domain table), the button "Create and add to the harvest definition" is added to the to page, and you then need to click on this button.
• Click 'Save'

Activate the selective harvest

• Click 'Activate' in column 5 on the line with the <sh. name>

• Check that the time in the ’Next Run’ column time on the line with the <sh. name> is now.

Check harvest status of the selective harvest

• Click 'Harvest status'->'All Jobs' in the left menu

• Select "All" in "Only display job status" to the right from the menu

• Click the "Show" button, until the <sh. name> appears in a new job line (approx. after a minute)

• Check that the job has status "NEW", it may have turned into status "SUBMITTED" or status "STARTED" before you see it.

Check job creation in the system status for the selective harvest

• Click 'Systemstate'->'Overview of the system state'

• Find and click 'HarvestJobManagerApplication' in the 'Application' column for the KB kb-test-adm-001

• Click 'show all' in the ‘Index’ header

• Check that there exists a line with the message "INFO: Created 1 jobs for harvest definition '<sh. name>'

  • and a line after that "INFO: Job #1 submitted, and later the line:

"INFO: Job #1 has been started by the harvester."