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ArcGIS 9.1 Service Pack 2

Date Submitted: July 10, 2006
Last Modified: July 13, 2006

Summary:

This Service Pack contains performance improvements and maintenance fixes. Please download and install this required Service Pack at your earliest convenience.

Description:

Introduction
Issues Addressed with this Service Pack
Files Installed in this Service Pack
Installing this Service Pack
Service Pack Updates
How to identify which Service Pack is installed
Getting Help

Important Note

A CD of this Service Pack is available for users who experience difficulties downloading the Service Pack from the web site. Simply fill out the Request a Service Pack CD order form.

Introduction

We recommend that all ArcGIS 9.1 customers download and install this Service Pack, at their earliest convenience, to ensure the highest quality experience when working with ArcGIS 9.1.

NOTE: If you are using a localized version of ArcGIS, please contact your local distributor to get the updated language supplement.

Issues Addressed with this Service Pack

A complete list of the issues that have been fixed in this service pack is available here.

Files Installed with this Service Pack

A complete list of the Files installed in this service pack is available here.

Installing the Service Pack

Installation Notes

It is important to keep the all versions of ArcGIS products installed on a machine in sync to avoid any software conflicts.

To find out what products are currently installed on your machine, download the ServicePackFinder91.exe utility and run it from your local machine. This utility provides a report detailing which ArcGIS products are currently installed on your machine. This will help determine which product Service Packs you should install on your machine. The report also details which service packs have been installed. The report is displayed when the utility is run and a servicepack.txt log file is created in your temp folder. The Service Pack Finder utility searches for the following ArcGIS products.

ArcGIS Desktop (ArcView, ArcEditor, ArcInfo) Includes the ArcReader fixes for the ArcReader FEATURE.
ArcGIS Desktop Developer Kit
ArcGIS Engine Runtime
ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit
ArcGIS Server
ArcGIS Server .NET ADF
ArcGIS Server Java ADF
ArcGIS Tutorial Data
ArcReader standalone
ArcIMS
ArcSDE

NOTE (ArcIMS and ArcSDE users): If you use ArcIMS 9.1 or ArcSDE 9.1, you must also install ArcIMS 9.1 Service Pack 2 or ArcSDE 9.1 Service Pack 2 . For example, if you use ArcIMS 9.1 and ArcGIS 9.1 Desktop, install both ArcIMS 9.1 Service Pack 2 and ArcGIS 9.1 Desktop Service Pack 2. Since ArcIMS 9.1, ArcSDE 9.1 and the ArcGIS 9.1 products share common DLLs, it is important to keep the software release versions in sync to avoid any software conflicts.

NOTE (ArcGIS Server users): If you have ArcGIS Server 9.1 and any other ArcGIS product installed on your machine, we recommend that you install the ArcGIS 9.1 Server Service Pack before installing the remaining Service Packs. Since ArcGIS Server and the ArcGIS 9.1 products share common DLLs, it is important to keep the software release versions in sync to avoid any software conflicts.

NOTE (ArcView 9.1 Evaluation Edition users): This Service Pack is supported with the ArcView 9.1 Evaluation Edition.

NOTE (ArcGIS Server, Engine and Reader users on UNIX): This Service Pack is only available on Windows; it is not available on the Sun or Linux platform. Please note that the Windows 9.1 SP2 clients are fully compatible with the Sun and Linux 9.1 servers for these products. Also, the 9.1 Sun and Linux clients are compatible with the 9.1 SP 2 Windows servers.

If you are using ArcSDE data sources, you must apply the ArcSDE 9.1 SP 2 client install for your particular platform. Since the ArcGIS 9.1 products share common DLLs, it is important to keep the software release versions in sync to avoid any software conflicts.

Installation Steps

ArcGIS 9.1 must be installed before you can install this Service Pack. This Service Pack is cumulative and contains all fixes from the previous patches. If you already have a previous patch installed, you may apply this Service Pack over it to update the required files.

To Install:

Make sure you have write access to your ArcGIS installation location, and that no one is accessing it.

Download the appropriate files to a location other than the installation folder:

ArcGIS Desktop (ArcInfo, ArcEditor, ArcView)
ArcGISDesktop91sp2.msp	69 MB
ArcGIS Engine Runtime
ArcGISEngine91sp2.msp	36 MB
ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit
ArcGISEngineDevKit91sp2.msp	36 MB
ArcReader
ArcGISArcReader91sp2.msp	17 MB
ArcGIS Server
ArcGISServer91sp2.msp	36 MB
ArcView 9.1 Evaluation Edition
ArcViewDemo91sp2.msp	69 MB

Double-click the msp files to start the install process.

NOTE: If double clicking on the MSP file does not start the Service Pack installation, you can start the Service Pack installation manually by using the following command:
When Setup starts, follow the instructions on your screen.
Repeat steps 2 - 4 for each product installed on your machine.

(Server Installation Only) After the Service Pack has successfully been installed, you must run the ArcGIS Server Post Installation for the updates to take effect.
- The Post Installation is available from Start > Programs > ArcGIS > ArcGIS Server > ArcGIS Server Post Installation.
- Log out of and back into your Windows session to activate the new security settings.
- This Service Pack must be installed on the Server Object Manager and all Server Object Container machines in your ArcGIS Server configuration. You must first install the Service Pack on each remote Server Object Container machine, then install the patch on the Server Object Manager machine. If a Server Object Container and a Server Object Manager exist on the same machine you only need to install the Service Pack and run the post install once on that machine.

NOTE: If you have installed client setups from a shared Network Administrative ArcGIS Desktop setup, this Service Pack must be applied to all client installations.

NOTE: You will not be able to install this Service Pack directly from any removable media, you must copy the Service Pack Install file (MSP) locally or to a location on your network prior to installing the Service Pack.

System Administrators note:
A technical paper is available to provide information on deploying ArcGIS and Service Packs. This white paper discusses the deployment of ArcGIS 9.1 setups and Service Packs using Microsoft® Systems Management Server (SMS) and Group Policy, including additional system requirements, suggestions, known issues, and Microsoft Software Installation (MSI) command line parameters. Deployment in a lockdown environment is also covered.
Deploying Managed ArcGIS 9 Setups.

Service Pack Updates

Check Online Support Center periodically for the availability of additional patches. New information about this Service Pack will be posted here.

How to identify which Service Pack is installed

To find out what products are currently installed on your machine, download the ServicePackFinder91.exe utility and run it from your local machine. This utility provides a report detailing which ArcGIS products are currently installed on your machine. The report also details which service packs have been installed. The report is displayed when the utility is run and a servicepack.txt log file is created in your temp folder. The Service Pack Finder utility searches for the following ArcGIS products.

Getting Help

Domestic sites, please contact ESRI Technical Support at 1-888-377-4575, if you have any difficulty installing this Service Pack. International sites, please contact your local ESRI software distributor.

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