Add a feature class to an existing replica

Question

My workflow to add a feature class in to an existing replica  is add the feature class in production dataset, delete replica dataset and then replicate the dataset with the new feature class. This is time consuming and you have to go through the process of shutdown map service, unlock features and so on.

ESR recomedation to do this is ArcObjects code...Is there an out-of-the-box tool to add a feature class to an existing replica? In 10.3 is ESRI solving this issue? Any idea?

Thank you

Kevin_MacLeod · Answer

sure would be nice if this was possible. In fact it would be nice if there was a simple way of replicating an entire SDE to a file GDB.  (All feature classes, all domains, all versions) That way never any need to fix replicas. Of course, each version would be its own fGDB. But a one-click solution would be great. I'm sure the official answer as always is "Python".  For now I'll just build a ton of replicas and periodically have to rebuild them them and update them when schemas change and we add layers. This is also frustrating since then it breaks scheduled Synchronize runs.  Seems like this would be so simple to implement and save almost every enterprise customer time.

GiovanniCalzadilla1 · Answer

Hi Jake: I’ve done that route too and there is always something with locks so I end stopping the service…☹   Thank you very much!

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JakeSkinner · Answer

Hi Eudel,

Take a look at the steps in the following KB article.  You will not have to stop any of your services with these steps.