Managing ArcSDE services and connections expand/collapse all

expand/collapse item About managing ArcSDE services using Service Administrator

The ArcIMS Service Administrator presents a unified interface for managing ArcIMS and ArcSDE. Because ArcIMS and ArcSDE have different administrative functions, you must view and manage them separately.

You can administer ArcSDE services and connections in Service Administrator, provided you've installed the ArcSDE component of the ArcIMS Service Administrator and have configured it in order to access the following features. For instructions, see 'Installing ArcIMS Service Administrator' in the ArcIMS Installation Guide.

The first time you stop, start, pause, or resume an ArcSDE service or terminate a connection to a service, you are prompted to enter your password. This is the password for the ArcSDE service, not the password you used to login to ArcIMS Service Administrator. You only have one chance to enter your password, so be careful. If you enter the wrong password you must terminate your administration session and login again.

ArcSDE services

An instance of an ArcSDE application server is called an ArcSDE service. As with ArcIMS services, the ArcIMS Service Administrator lets you view the properties of an ArcSDE service. These properties include the name of the server and the instance, the port number, the ArcSDE release number, the status of the service, and the number of connections to it. You can pause, resume, start, and stop an ArcSDE service. You can also view and terminate its connections.

Connections

When a user connects to an ArcSDE service, a connection is added to the number of connections on the Manage Services panel. When you click the number of connections to a particular ArcSDE service, a panel appears with more detailed information about all of the connections to it. You can view the name of the node, the name of the user, the process ID, and the start time for each connection. You can also terminate one or all of the connections to that service.

expand/collapse item How to manage ArcSDE services

expand/collapse item Starting ArcSDE service administration

  1. Open a Web browser.
  2. Type the URL http://<localhost>.<domain>.com/esriadmin.
  3. Type your username and password.

    If this is your first time logging in to ArcIMS Service Administrator, you are prompted to create a new username and password. Confirm your password by typing it again.

  4. Click Login.

    If you have both ArcIMS and ArcSDE installed, a panel appears prompting you to choose the type of services to manage.

  5. Click ArcSDE.
  6. Click OK.

    7. The Manage Services tab appears, showing a list of available ArcSDE services.

  7. To switch from ArcSDE to ArcIMS service administration, click Home, click ArcIMS, and click OK.
  8. To refresh service information, click Home, click ArcSDE, and click OK.

expand/collapse item Viewing ArcSDE service and connection properties

  1. Click the name of an ArcSDE service in the list of services.

    A panel appears with detailed information about the service.

  2. Click the number of connections to see information about each connection.
  3. When you are finished viewing the properties of an ArcSDE service, click Done or click Manage Services to return to the list of ArcSDE services.

expand/collapse item Stopping, starting, pausing, and resuming an ArcSDE service

Use the Start, Stop, Pause, and Resume buttons to change the status of the service. Stopping a service removes all connections to it. Pausing a service does not sever existing connections but blocks new connections from being established.

  1. Click the name of an ArcSDE service.

    A panel appears with detailed information about the service.

  2. Click Stop or Pause.

    A message box appears warning you that you are about to stop a service.

  3. Click OK to continue.

    If this is the first time you have changed the status of a service or terminated a connection, a new browser window opens prompting you to enter a password.

  4. Type your password and click OK.

    If you stopped the service, all connections are removed.

    5. If you paused the service, new connections are not permitted, but existing connections are not removed.

  5. Click Start to restart your service after you have stopped it.
  6. Click Resume after you have paused.

    New connections to the service can now be made.

  7. Click Done or click Manage Services to return to the list of ArcSDE services.

expand/collapse item Terminating a connection

You can terminate an existing ArcSDE connection by selecting it, them clicking the terminate button. This functionality is equivalent to the sdemon -o kill command.

  1. Click the number of connections to an ArcSDE service.

    A panel appears with detailed information about each connection.

  2. Check the connections that you want to terminate or check the check box at the top of the list to select all connections.

  3. Click Terminate Connection.

    If this is the first time you have changed the status of a service or terminated a connection, a new browser window opens prompting you to enter a password.

  4. Type your password and click OK.

    The selected connections are removed from the list of connections.

  5. Click Done or click the Manage Services tab to return to the list of ArcSDE services.


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