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Adding an ArcSDE database server

Adding an ArcSDE database server

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About adding a database server

Note:This topic was updated for 9.3.1.

To administer an ArcSDE database server, you add a database server connection in the Catalog tree. This is a connection to a SQL Server Express instance set up to store geodatabases. Adding a database server creates a database server connection file and an icon in the Database Servers folder for that connection.

Once you are connected to a database server, you are able to administer the database server itself as well as add, remove, or administer the geodatabases on the database server.

How to add a database server

  1. In the Catalog tree, expand the Database Servers folder.
  2. Double-click Add Database Server.
  3. In the Add Database Server dialog box, provide the name of the ArcSDE database server. This will be in the form <server_name>\<instance_name>, where the server name is the name of the server on which SQL Server Express is installed and the instance name is the name of the SQL Server Express instance. For example, if a database server is named SOPHIE\SQLEXPRESS, SOPHIE is the server name and SQLEXPRESS is the instance.
  4. If you are unsure of the name to use, contact the administrator of the database server for this information.

  5. Click OK.
  6. The server icon will appear under Database Servers in the Catalog tree.

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See Also

  • Deleting an ArcSDE database server