Patches and updates

ArcSDE 9.2 Service Pack 6 Memory Allocation Patch

Published: February 9, 2009

Summary

This patch is required for all 9.2 Service Pack 6 users. It fixes an issue with curves, a memory overwrite during archiving and a memory leak in ArcSDE for Oracle. It also fixes a separate memory leak and a compression bug in all DBMS implementations.

Description

The ArcSDE 9.2 Memory Allocation Patch is to be applied to ArcSDE and ArcSDE clients that already have 9.2 Service Pack 6 installed.

This general ArcSDE patch fixes memory allocation issues that can cause unexpected behavior in versioned geodatabases. One fix addresses inefficient memory use affecting all supported database platforms. Two of the memory allocation issues are specific to the Oracle database. Unexpected behavior can include excessive memory use or a server/application crash after a process (e.g.; a batch reconcile process) runs for several hours. This patch also has some additional fixes in it that having nothing to do with memory allocation. We added fixes for an issue with curves specific to Oracle’s ST_GEOMETRY where an attribute only change incorrectly generalizes the curve. We also fixed a compression bug, which affects all DBMS implementations.

Please see the Issues Fixed with this Patch list for details.

 

Installing the Patch

ArcSDE 9.2 Service Pack 6 must be installed before you can install this Patch. It is strongly recommended that you back up your database including all previous ArcSDE system tables and user layer data before upgrading your ArcSDE installation. Install this Patch using an administrator account.

REQUIRED INSTALL STEP: If you connect to ArcSDE 9.2 via an Application Server and Direct Connect connections using ArcGIS 9.2, ArcIMS 9.2, or 9.2 Workstation make sure you also see ESRI Products connecting to ArcSDE (Application and Direct Connect connections).

 

Server Install for UNIX

During installation, you can either save the original 9.2 files or overwrite them. If you choose to save them, make sure you have enough disk space. The disk space requirements, for each platform, are displayed during the installation process.

ArcSDE 9.2 Service Pack 6 must be installed on the server and your client applications before you install this Patch.

  1. Download the appropriate tar file to a location other than $SDEHOME:

    DB2  
    HP64 sde92sp6-memorypatch-db2-hp64.tar
    10 MB
    IBM64 sde92sp6-memorypatch-db2-ibm64.tar
    9 MB
    Linux sde92sp6-memorypatch-db2-lx.tar
    7 MB
    Solaris64 sde92sp6-memorypatch-db2-slrs64.tar
    9 MB
       
    Informix  
    HP sde92sp6-memorypatch-inf-hp.tar
    9 MB
    IBM sde92sp6-memorypatch-inf-ibm.tar
    9 MB
    Solaris sde92sp6-memorypatch-inf-slrs.tar
    8 MB
       
    Oracle 9i  
    HP64 sde92sp6-memorypatch-ora9i-hp64.tar
    12 MB
    IBM64 sde92sp6-memorypatch-ora9i-ibm64.tar
    10 MB
    Linux sde92sp6-memorypatch-ora9i-lx.tar
    8 MB
    Solaris64 sde92sp6-memorypatch-ora9i-slrs64.tar
    11 MB
    Tru64 sde92sp6-memorypatch-ora9i-tru64.tar
    13 MB
       
    Oracle 10g  
    HP64 sde92sp6-memorypatch-ora10g-hp64.tar
    12 MB
    IBM64 sde92sp6-memorypatch-ora10g-ibm64.tar
    11 MB
    Linux sde92sp6-memorypatch-ora10g-lx.tar
    8 MB
    Solaris64 sde92sp6-memorypatch-ora10g-slrs64.tar
    11 MB
    TRU64 sde92sp6-memorypatch-ora10g-tru64.tar
    13 MB

  2. Stop your current ArcSDE service if one is running.

    % sdemon -o shutdown

    NOTE (AIX only): You must remove any inactive libraries that are loaded into memory before proceeding to the next step. Not doing so will result in an installation error. To remove them, as ROOT user, type:

    # /usr/sbin/slibclean

    (Optional) To list the libraries loaded into memory, as ROOT user, type:

    # /usr/sbin/genkld

    For further information on the slibclean and genkld commands please refer to your AIX system administrator documentation.

  3. Extract the specified tar file by typing:
    % tar -xvf sde92sp6-memorypatch-<Database>-<Platform>.tar
  4. Start the installation by typing:
    % ./applypatch

    This will start the dialog for the menu-driven installation procedure. Default selections are noted in parentheses ( ). To quit the installation procedure, type 'q' at any time.

  5. (This step is for Oracle only, all other DBMS skip to the next step)
    Before running "sdesetup -o upgrade", you must grant the following additional permissions to the SDE user in Oracle:

    • ALTER ANY INDEX
    • ALTER ANY TABLE
    • ANALYZE ANY
    • CREATE ANY INDEX
    • CREATE ANY PROCEDURE
    • CREATE ANY SEQUENCE
    • CREATE ANY TRIGGER
    • CREATE ANY VIEW
    • CREATE INDEXTYPE
    • CREATE LIBRARY
    • CREATE OPERATOR
    • CREATE PROCEDURE
    • CREATE PUBLIC SYNONYM
    • CREATE SESSION
    • CREATE SEQUENCE
    • CREATE TABLE
    • CREATE TRIGGER
    • CREATE TYPE
    • DROP ANY INDEX
    • DROP ANY PROCEDURE
    • DROP ANY SEQUENCE
    • DROP ANY TABLE
    • DROP ANY VIEW
    • DROP PUBLIC SYNONYM
    • EXECUTE ANY PROCEDURE
    • SELECT ANY SEQUENCE
    • SELECT ANY TABLE
    • UNLIMITED TABLESPACE

  6. To upgrade, run sdesetup. Failure to do so may cause problems in starting the service or with connecting to the geodatabase. Please go to the admin command guide under the %SDEHOME%\documentation folder for more information on using this command:

    %sdesetup -o upgrade -d <ORACLE9I|ORACLE10G|SQLSERVER|DB2|INFORMIX> –u <DB_Admin_User> –p <DB_Admin_password>

  7. (This step is for Oracle only, all other DBMS skip to the next step)
    After the upgrade completes, you may revoke the following permissions from the SDE user account:

    • ANALYZE ANY
    • ALTER ANY INDEX
    • ALTER ANY TABLE
    • CREATE ANY INDEX
    • CREATE ANY TRIGGER
    • CREATE ANY VIEW
    • DROP ANY INDEX
    • DROP ANY TABLE
    • DROP ANY VIEW
    • DROP ANY PROCEDURE
    • DROP ANY SEQUENCE
    • EXECUTE ANY PROCEDURE
    • SELECT ANY SEQUENCE
    • CREATE INDEXTYPE
    • CREATE LIBRARY
    • CREATE OPERATOR
    • CREATE TYPE

  8. Restart your service.

    % sdemon -o start

    (This step is for Oracle users who have Oracle and ArcSDE installed on separate machines only, all other DBMS skip to the next step)

  9. If you have the ArcSDE component and Oracle installed on separate servers, there are three shared libraries used by EXTPROC that must be copied to the Oracle server. Check the list of files altered by this patch. If any of the following files are on this list, new versions of the file must be copied to the Oracle server. Be sure the files copied to the Oracle server are designed to run on the operating system of the Oracle server. See the ArcSDE for Oracle installation guide for instructions.

    If the file is not in the list, new versions of it do not need to be copied to the Oracle server.

    Library Name OS-dependent file names
    st_shapelib st_shapelib.dll (Windows), libst_shapelib.so (Solaris and Linux), libst_shapelib.sl (HP-UX PA-RISC), libst_shapelib_64.so (IBM)
    Projection Engine pe.dll (Windows), libpe.so (Solaris and Linux), libpe.sl (HP-UX PA-RISC), libpe_64.so (IBM)
    Geometry sg.dll (Windows), libsg.so (Solaris and Linux), libsg.sl (HP-UX PA-RISC), libsg_64.so (IBM)

  10. If you have ArcSDE installed on more than one server, perform steps 1 through 8 for each one.
    Note:If you have multiple geodatabases on the same server, you only have to install the patch once on the server, but you must perform steps 5 through 8 to upgrade each of the geodatabases and restart their corresponding services if services exist.

 

Server Install for Windows

  • Windows Installation Notes:

    ArcSDE 9.2 Service Pack 6 must be installed on the server and your client applications before you install this Patch.

Installation Steps

  1. Install this Patch using an administrator account. Make sure you have write access to the ArcSDE installation folder, that no one is using ArcSDE, and that the ArcSDE service is down.
  2. Download the appropriate files to a location other than the ArcSDE installation folder:

    DB2  
    sde92sp6-memorypatch-db2-win.exe 3 MB
    Informix  
    sde92sp6-memorypatch-inf-win.exe 3 MB
    Oracle 9i  
    sde92sp6-memorypatch-ora9i-win.exe 3 MB
    Oracle 10g  
    sde92sp6-memorypatch-ora10g-win.exe 3 MB
    SQL Server  
    sde92sp6-memorypatch-sql-win.exe 3 MB

  3. Double-click the appropriate executable to start the install process.

  4. When Setup starts, follow the instructions on your screen.

  5. (This step is for Oracle only, all other DBMS skip to the next step)
    Before running "sdesetup -o upgrade", you must grant the following additional permissions to the SDE user in Oracle:

    • ALTER ANY INDEX
    • ALTER ANY TABLE
    • ANALYZE ANY
    • CREATE ANY INDEX
    • CREATE ANY PROCEDURE
    • CREATE ANY SEQUENCE
    • CREATE ANY TRIGGER
    • CREATE ANY VIEW
    • CREATE INDEXTYPE
    • CREATE LIBRARY
    • CREATE OPERATOR
    • CREATE PROCEDURE
    • CREATE PUBLIC SYNONYM
    • CREATE SESSION
    • CREATE SEQUENCE
    • CREATE TABLE
    • CREATE TRIGGER
    • CREATE TYPE
    • DROP ANY INDEX
    • DROP ANY PROCEDURE
    • DROP ANY SEQUENCE
    • DROP ANY TABLE
    • DROP ANY VIEW
    • DROP PUBLIC SYNONYM
    • EXECUTE ANY PROCEDURE
    • SELECT ANY SEQUENCE
    • SELECT ANY TABLE
    • UNLIMITED TABLESPACE

  6. As the ArcSDE Administrative user run the sdesetup command. Failure to do so may cause problems in starting the service or with connecting to the geodatabase. Please go to the admin command guide under the %SDEHOME%\documentation folder for more information on using this command:

    c:\ sdesetup -o upgrade -d <ORACLE9I|ORACLE10G|SQLSERVER|DB2|INFORMIX> –u <DB_Admin_User> –p <DB_Admin_password>

  7. (This step is for Oracle only, all other DBMS skip to the next step)
    After the upgrade completes, you may revoke the following permissions from the SDE user account:

    • ANALYZE ANY
    • ALTER ANY INDEX
    • ALTER ANY TABLE
    • CREATE ANY INDEX
    • CREATE ANY TRIGGER
    • CREATE ANY VIEW
    • DROP ANY INDEX
    • DROP ANY TABLE
    • DROP ANY VIEW
    • DROP ANY PROCEDURE
    • DROP ANY SEQUENCE
    • EXECUTE ANY PROCEDURE
    • SELECT ANY SEQUENCE
    • CREATE INDEXTYPE
    • CREATE LIBRARY
    • CREATE OPERATOR
    • CREATE TYPE

  8. As the ArcSDE administrative user, run the following command to restart the ArcSDE service:

    c:\sdemon -o start

  9. (This step is for Oracle users who have Oracle and ArcSDE installed on separate machines only, all other DBMS skip to the next step)

  10. If you have the ArcSDE component and Oracle installed on separate servers, there are three shared libraries used by EXTPROC that must be copied to the Oracle server. Check the list of files altered by this patch. If any of the following files are on this list, new versions of the file must be copied to the Oracle server. Be sure the files copied to the Oracle server are designed to run on the operating system of the Oracle server. See the ArcSDE for Oracle installation guide for instructions.

    If the file is not in the list, new versions of it do not need to be copied to the Oracle server.

    Library Name OS-dependent file names
    st_shapelib st_shapelib.dll (Windows), libst_shapelib.so (Solaris and Linux), libst_shapelib.sl (HP-UX PA-RISC), libst_shapelib_64.so (IBM)
    Projection Engine pe.dll (Windows), libpe.so (Solaris and Linux), libpe.sl (HP-UX PA-RISC), libpe_64.so (IBM)
    Geometry sg.dll (Windows), libsg.so (Solaris and Linux), libsg.sl (HP-UX PA-RISC), libsg_64.so (IBM)

  11. If you have ArcSDE installed on more than one server, perform steps 1 through 8 for each one.
    Note:If you have multiple geodatabases on the same server, you only have to install the patch once on the server, but you must perform steps 5 through 8 to upgrade each of the geodatabases and restart their corresponding services if services exist.

 

ArcSDE SDK Install for UNIX

  1. Download the appropriate tar file to a location other than ArcSDE SDK installation location:
    All Databases (32 bit Operating System)
    HP sde92sp6-memorypatch-sdk-hp.tar
    8 MB
    IBM sde92sp6-memorypatch-sdk-ibm.tar
    8 MB
    Linux sde92sp6-memorypatch-sdk-lx.tar
    9 MB
    Solaris sde92sp6-memorypatch-sdk-slrs.tar
    7 MB
       
    All Databases (64 bit Operating System)
    HP64 sde92sp6-memorypatch-sdk-hp64.tar
    14 MB
    IBM64 sde92sp6-memorypatch-sdk-ibm64.tar
    14 MB
    Solaris64 sde92sp6-memorypatch-sdk-slrs64.tar
    13 MB
    Tru64 sde92sp6-memorypatch-sdk-tru64.tar
    14 MB

  2. Extract the specified tar file by typing:
    % tar -xvf sde92sp6-memorypatch-sdk-<Platform>.tar
  3. Start the installation by typing:
    % ./applypatch

    This will start the dialog for the menu-driven installation procedure. Default selections are noted in parentheses ( ). To quit the installation procedure, type 'q' at any time.

 

ArcSDE SDK Install for Windows

  1. Make sure you have write access to the ArcSDE SDK installation folder.
  2. Download the appropriate files to a location other than the ArcSDE SDK installation folder:

    ArcSDE SDK sde92sp6-memorypatch-sdk-win.exe 8 MB

  3. Double-click the appropriate executable to start the install process.
  4. When Setup starts, follow the instructions on your screen.

 

ESRI Products connecting to ArcSDE (Application Server and Direct Connect connections)

  • UNIX

    • If you connect to ArcSDE 9.2 Service Pack 6 using ArcGIS 9.2 Workstation or ArcIMS 9.2 on any supported Unix/Linux platform please follow the steps below to install this Patch to your ArcGIS 9.2 or ArcIMS 9.2 software installation directory. This also applies if connecting to ArcSDE 9.2 using ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Engine, and ArcGIS Reader for Sun Solaris and Linux:


    Windows

    • If you connect to ArcSDE 9.2 Service Pack 6 using ArcGIS 9.2, ArcIMS 9.2, ArcInfo Workstation 9.2, or ArcView GIS 3.3 with DBA 2.1g, please follow the steps below to install this Patch to your ArcGIS 9.2, ArcIMS 9.2, ArcInfo Workstation 9.2, or ArcView GIS 3.3 with DBA 2.1g installation folder:

    • Before you start, make sure you have write access to the installation folder, then download the zip file to that location:

      sde92sp6-memorypatch-esri-win.zip 7 MB

    • ArcIMS only, stop the ArcIMS Tasker, ArcIMS Monitor, ArcIMS Application Server (in that order).
    • Use WinZip to extract the new file from sde92sp6-memorypatch-esri-win.zip to the appropriate installation folder, see list below:

      • ArcGIS Desktop, Workstation, or ArcView 9 - <installation-folder>\bin
      • ArcView GIS - <installation-folder>\arcview3\bin
      • ArcIMS – <installation-folder>\server\bin:
        If it is listed in the files included section, extract sde.dll to <installation-folder>\Metadata\Commands
        If it is listed in the files included section, extract sde.dll to <installation-folder>\IndexBuilder
    • ArcIMS only, restart ArcIMS Application Server, ArcIMS Monitor and ArcIMS Tasker (in that order).

How to identify which Patch is installed

 

  1. UNIX

    • To find out what ArcGIS products are currently installed on your machine, copy the PatchFinder.tar utility to your machine and run it 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 check for the presence of a Patch, for each file examine the File version information (right click, properties, version tab). With only a few exceptions, all files modified as part of a Patch distribution can be uniquely identified in this manner. The File version for this Patch should read:

      • 9.2.6.1284

    Service Pack Updates

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

    April 13, 2009: Updated step 9 for both Unix and Windows Server install sections for clarity.

    August 3, 2009: Changed instructions on how to identify patched files for Windows.

    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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