Inventory the ArcGIS Data Store tile cache data store contents using a Python script

Summary

Starting with ArcGIS Enterprise 11.4 on Windows and Linux, the ArcGIS Data Store tile cache data store is deprecated and replaced by the object store. Administrators must migrate all hosted scene service caches from the tile cache data store to the object store before upgrading to ArcGIS Enterprise 12.0 or later, where the tile cache data store is fully removed.

The MigrateSceneServices utility is available in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.4 and 11.5 and has two modes: analysis mode and execution mode. Analysis mode will list information about the hosted scene service caches stored in the tile cache data store, including cache sizes, while execution mode can be used to automate the bulk migration of caches to the object store.

If you are an administrator running ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3 or earlier, where the MigrateSceneServices utility is not available, you can use this Python script to confirm whether your organization has hosted scene service caches stored in the tile cache data store that need to be migrated.

This script will enumerate details about the contents of the ArcGIS Data Store tile cache data store, providing information similar to the MigrateSceneServices utility when run in analysis mode.

Procedure

1. Download the Python script attached to this Knowledge Base article.
2. Once downloaded, edit the text file to update the hostname, username, and password variables in the script. You can run the listadminusers ArcGIS Data Store utility on the tile cache data store machine to retrieve the administrator credentials (user and password variables). Save and close the file.
3. Run the script in a Python environment with access to the tile cache data store machine.

If the script returns details about any hosted scene service caches and their respective sizes (shown in MB), this is an indication that your organization has content in the tile cache data store that must be migrated to the object store before upgrading to ArcGIS Enterprise 12.0 or later.

For more information about deprecation of the tile cache data store and the steps required to migrate to the object store, refer to this ArcGIS Blog: ArcGIS Enterprise: Migrate to the object store.

Cases related to this script are outside of the Scope of Support. Formal bugs or enhancement requests cannot be logged against this script via Esri Technical Support. For questions or feedback about using the script, comment on this Esri Community post.