ArcGIS 9.3 geodatabase direct connect for 9.2 clients setup
Date Submitted: July 9, 2008
Last Modified: July 9, 2008
Summary:
ArcGIS or ArcIMS 9.2 clients that have been updated to service pack (SP) 5 or higher can install the ArcGIS 9.3 GDB Direct Connect for 9.2 Clients. This will enable these clients to make direct connections to ArcSDE 9.3 geodatabases.
Description:
Introducing the ArcGIS® 9.3 geodatabase direct connect for 9.2 clients setup
The ability to make a direct connection from an ArcGIS or ArcIMS® 9.2 Service Pack 5 or higher release client application to an ArcGIS 9.3 geodatabase allows sites to incrementally upgrade their ESRI® software. Various groups within an organization may have different requirements and timelines that necessitate their client applications remain at 9.2 Service Pack 5 while other groups want to upgrade to 9.3 clients. With the ArcGIS 9.3 geodatabase direct connect for 9.2 clients installation, you can upgrade your geodatabase to an ArcSDE® 9.3 release so your 9.3 clients can take advantage functionality present in the software at 9.3, and leave other users on 9.2 Service Pack 5 or later service pack clients—and they will still be able to make a direct connection to the geodatabase.
This is accomplished by installing ArcSDE 9.3 library files on the 9.2 Service Pack 5 or later service pack release client machines.
When you run the setup on the client machine, it detects which client applications are present so it can install the files in the correct locations.
The setup also detects if you have an ArcSDE component installed. Possible installations include the following:
ArcSDE C API client (CAPISDK)
ArcSDE for DB2®
ArcSDE Java™ client (JavaSDK)
ArcSDE for Oracle®
ArcSDE for Microsoft® SQL Server® (Windows® installations only)
Installing the direct connect drivers for any one of these will install all supported versions of the direct connect drivers for that component. For example, installing the files for an ArcSDE C API client will install the 9.3 direct connect drivers for DB2, Oracle, and SQL Server. Installing the files for ArcSDE for Oracle installs the 9.3 direct connect drivers for Oracle9i and Oracle 10g.
Installing files to make direct connections from a 9.2 Service Pack 5 or higher client to an ArcSDE 9.3 geodatabase
Files can be installed to allow the following ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 5 or higher release service pack clients to connect to an ArcSDE 9.3 geodatabase:
ArcGIS Desktop
ArcGIS Engine Runtime
ArcReader™
ArcGIS Server (including the ArcSDE component)
ArcIMS
Custom ArcSDE C or Java clients
Note: Direct connections from 9.2 Service Pack 5 or higher clients to the following ArcSDE geodatabases are not supported:
ArcSDE 9.3 for Oracle® 11g
ArcSDE 9.3 for Informix®
ArcSDE 9.3 for PostgreSQL
ArcSDE 9.3 for IBM® DB2® z/OS
How to install direct connect files
- Download the ArcGIS 9.3 GDB Direct Connect for 9.2 Clients file from the ESRI support site.
- Run the setup on the computer where the client is installed.
- Depending on the operating system of the client machine, use either the setup.exe file (Windows) or the setup script (UNIX/Linux).
Windows
- Download the .zip file and extract it to a local disk:
Note:You must have Windows administrator priviledges to install this software.
- After extracting the zip file, run the setup.exe. Click Next to move on from the Welcome dialog box.
- Read and accept the license agreement. If you do not accept the license agreement, the installation will terminate. Click Next.
- The setup will search the computer for all possible client and ArcSDE component installations to determine where to install the files. Once it determines which applications are present, it returns a list of possible direct connect driver installations.
- Choose the client or clients from which you want to be able to directly connect to an ArcSDE 9.3 geodatabase. If you want to install the files for all the clients on that machine, leave all of them selected.
To install the files for only certain clients, click the clients for which you do not want to install the direct connect files and choose the Entire feature will be unavailable.
Note: If you have ArcSDE for SQL Server installed, choosing SQL Server on the Select Features dialog box only applies to ArcSDE for SQL Server licensed through ArcGIS Server Enterprise and does not apply to ArcSDE for SQL Server Express. That is because the files for ArcSDE for SQL Server Express are included in your client installations. Direct connect drivers for that get installed when you choose to install the drivers for your client installation.
- Click Next to progress to the next dialog box, then click Next again to start the installation.
- When the files are successfully installed, click Finish on the final dialog box of the installation wizard.
UNIX
- Download the .gz file and extract it to a local disk:
- Run the setup script on the client machine. Be sure to run this as a user who has write permissions to the client installation directories.
% ./Setup
This will launch an InstallAnywhere® setup. The setup will search the computer for all possible client installations. Once it determines which applications are present, a list of possible direct connect driver installations is returned.
- Choose the geodatabase release to which you want the client applications to be able to make a direct connection.
The list of direct connection files available can include the following:
ArcGIS
CAPISDK
DB2
JavaSDK
Oracle
- After making your selections, click Next to begin the installation.
How to identify which Patches or Service Packs are installed
UNIX
To find out what ArcGIS products are currently installed on your machine,
download and extract the PatchFinder.tar
and run PatchFinder utility from your local machine. This
utility provides a report detailing which ArcGIS products and which service
packs have been installed. The PatchFinder utility searches for the
following ArcGIS products.
ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit for C++
ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit for the Java Platform
ArcGIS Engine Runtime
ArcGIS Server for the Java Platform
ArcIMS
ArcIMS Web ADF for the Java Platform
ArcInfo Workstation
ArcReader
ArcSDE
Extract the tar file by typing:
% tar xvf PatchFinder.tar
Run the utility by typing:
% ./PatchFinder
Windows
To find out what ArcGIS products are currently installed on your machine,
download the ServicePackFinder92.exe
utility and run it from your local machine. This utility provides a report
detailing which ArcGIS products and 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 ArcReader
ArcGIS Desktop (ArcView, ArcEditor, ArcInfo) Includes the ArcReader fixes for the ArcReader FEATURE.
ArcGIS Desktop Developer Kit for the Microsoft .NET Framework, VB6, VBA and Visual C++
ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit for C++, the Java Platform, the Microsoft .NET Framework, VB6 and Visual C++
ArcGIS Engine Runtime
ArcGIS Image Server
ArcGIS Server for the Microsoft .NET Framework
ArcGIS Server for the Java Platform
ArcGIS Server Web ADF Runtime for the Microsoft .NET Framework
ArcIMS
ArcIMS Web ADF for the Microsoft .NET Framework
ArcIMS Web ADF for the Java Platform
ArcSDE
Updates
Check the Online Support Center periodically for the availability of additional
Patches or Service Packs. New information about this Patch will be posted here.
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.