1. A UTOMATING A RC SDE G EODATABASE M AINTENANCE 2011 IGIC Conference Muncie, Indiana Presenter: Trent Pell, GISP

2. H ISTORY MCCOG is a Metropolitan Planning Organization(MPO) MCCOG provides GIS and Planning support to Madison County Approximately 130,000 in population Approximately 86,000 land parcels Approximately 450 sqaure miles County/Community in transition Largest City: Anderson

3. GIS O VERVIEW Automation on a single SDE Geodatabase Versioned w/global ID’s Multiple Editors RDMS is SQL Server 2008 R2 (processor license) Windows 7 & Server 2008 R2 – 64 bit ArcGIS Server 10sp1 Standard Enterprise Edition

4. W HY A UTOMATE ? Performance Streamlines process After hours Why not!

5. W HAT S HOULD BE A UTOMATED ? Rebuild Database Statistics Compress Database Reconcile & Post database versions Delete & Re-create Versions Sync Database changes to Web Geodatabase

6. P ROCESS Rebuild Statistics Compress Database Reconcile & Post versions to Default Kill all connections to Database Stop Web Services Delete all versions Compress Database Rebuild Statistics Re-create Versions

7. R EBUILD S TATISTICS Analyze Tool Updates database statistics of business tables, feature tables, and delta(adds & deletes) tables Create model & export as python script Run on client machine

8. S TATISTICS

9. C OMPRESS D ATABASE SDE command line Sdeversion –o compress –u sde –p password –i ServiceName -N Batch file on server

10. C OMPRESS D ATABASE Uncompressed State TreeCompressed State Tree

11. R ECONCILE & P OST V ERSIONS TO D EFAULT Reconcile Tool Create model & export as python script Run on client machine

12. R ECONCILE & P OST V ERSION TO D EFAULT

13. K ILL C ONNECTIONS TO D ATABASE SDE command line sdemon -o kill -t all -p password -N -i Madison_Managed Batch file on server Stop WebServices accessing database AGSSOM arcscript command Batch file on server cd C:\Users\tpell\Desktop\AGSSOMv10.0 AGSSOM.exe -x WebServiceName

14. D ELETE V ERSIONS SDE command line Sdeversion –o delete –V VersionName –N –u VersionOwnerName –p VersionOwnerPassword –i ServiceName Batch file on server Delete your QA version LAST!

15. D ELETE V ERSIONS

16. C LEANUP ! Compress database again Re-run Analyze/Re-build Statistics Re-Create Versions SDE command line Batch file on server

17. F INAL C OMPRESS

18. R E -C REATE V ERSIONS

19. A UTOMATION Utilize Windows Task Scheduler on both client and server Allow ample time for each task to complete

20. A UTOMATION T IME -L INE 1am - Rebuild Statistics 1:30am - Compress Database 1:45am - Reconcile & Post versions to Default 2am - Kill all connections to Database 2:15am - Stop Webservices 2:30am - Delete all versions 2:45am - Compress Database 3am - Rebuild Statistics 3:30am - Re-create Versions

21. A UTOMATION – W INDOWS T ASK S CHEDULE

22. A UTOMATION – T RIGGERS

23. A UTOMATION – A CTIONS Browse to necessary program or file For python scripts browse to the python.exe Python scripts require arguments Argument is just the python file For batch files just browse to the.bat file

24. O NE S TEP F URTHER Automate changes to Web based applications

25. G ETTING CHANGES TO THE W EB Each dataset needs to be versioned with Global IDs One way synchronization between internal Geodatabase and ‘Web’ Geodatabase

26. T O THE W EB ! Stop all web services – AGSSOM batch file on server Export, Compare & Import Schema Changes between Managed & Web Geodatabase – python script Sync changes between Geodatabases – python script Start Webservices – AGSSOM batch file on server

27. S CHEMA C HANGES & R EPLICATION

28. A UTOMATION T IME -L INE 1am - Rebuild Statistics 1:30am - Compress Database 1:45am - Reconcile & Post versions to Default 2am - Kill all connections to Database 2:15am - Stop Webservices 2:30am - Delete all versions 2:45am - Compress Database 3am - Rebuild Statistics 3:30am - Re-create Versions 3:45am - Export Replica Schema 4:15am - Compare & Import Replica Schema 4:45am - Sync Managed & Web Geodatabases 5:15am – Start Webservices

29. U SEFUL T OOLS PythonWin ArcScript AGSSOM tool Geodatabase Toolset or GDBT SDE command line is your friend

30. L ESSONS L EARNED Communicate TEST! Make Backups Local security settings Ensure user on server has Log as a Batch Job privleges under Local Security Policy>User Rights Assignment Be flexible with your time-line and implementation

31. T HANK Y OU ! Trent Pell, GISP GIS Coordinator Madison County Council of Governments tpell@mccog.net 765-641-9695