Migrating Server with ArcGIS Server Directory & Configuration

Question

Hello Esri Community,

We are planning on migrating our file server that is the location of our ArcGIS Server directories and configuration store to a new server.

If the new server has the same name/ip address would the transition be seemless with ArcGIS server or is there anything else that we would need to account for?

Thanks in advance!

Eric

EricCreighton · Answer

Hi Bill,

Thanks for the response.  If the path name remains the same for the directories then I shouldn't have to change them.  I'm assuming that it would still write to the new server location without issue?

We are migrating from the exisiting server with  Server 2013 to a new server with Server 2022 and keeping all content on the server the exact same.

DiegoLlamasOlivares · Answer

Hello,

i did a migration last month, and I used a join site option, this can be used to copy all data directory an configuration directory and your IP and machine name does not need to be the same.

https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-enterprise/administration/migrate-to-a-new-machine-in-arcgis-enterprise/

hope this blog entry can help you, you can follow the steps for arcgis server.

Regards,

DLL

BillFox · Answer

doable but smoother if you use a different hostname and ip

https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/server/11.1/administer/windows/editing-a-server-directory-in-manager.htm

https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/portal/11.1/administer/windows/changing-the-portal-content-directory.htm