After a long and painful process of upgrading from Server 9.3.1 to Server 10.3.1 https://community.esri.com/thread/161853 because our Desktop 10.2.2 users could not connect to Server 9.3.1 https://community.esri.com/thread/165892, now I can't figure out a way to make a database connection from Desktop 10.2.2 to Server 10.3.1. Are my 10.2.2 users stuck between server versions?
Here's the compatibility matrix (and additional compatibility info):
Client and geodatabase compatibility—ArcGIS Help | ArcGIS for Desktop
Compatibility between ArcGIS clients and geodatabases in SQL Server—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop
Compatibility of ArcGIS 10.3.1 for Server with earlier versions—Documentation (10.3 and 10.3.1) | ArcGIS for Server
It should be possible...
In that first link, if I go down to client 10.2 and slide left to Enterprise geodatabase using an ArcGIS service connection, I don't see geodatabase 10.3.1. Just up to 10.2.2.
Hi Paul,
You will only be able to connect to a 10.2.2 geodatabase using an ArcSDE service connection with a 10.2.2 client. However, you can connect to a 10.3.1 geodatabase using a direct connection with a 10.2.2 client.
I believe ArcSDE service connections have been deprecated at 10.3.
If you direct connect, it looks like clients on 10.2.2 can go up to 10.3 - blarg... too many dots... doesn't look like you're in luck to go to 10.3.1 - you mention connecting to 10.3.1 in the title, but "ArcGIS Service Connection" in your reply - as far as I know, the last version of this is 10.2.2 (which is reflected in the matrix) - there is no ArcSDE install in 10.3.x (you can use 10.2.2, though, if you have the SDE files).
If you were using a fgdb, you could create an earlier version. As far as the ArcSDE connection, wouldn't that work since you're creating a 10.2.2 instance?
Jake, in the matrix, it indicates a 10.2.2 client can direct connect up to 10.3 - it doesn't explicitly include 10.3.1 (it does elsewhere in the matrix, though) - is this supported?
I don't know the difference between a direct connection and a ArcSDE connection. I'm just trying to get Desktop 10.2.2 ArcCatalog >Database Connections>Add Database Connection to make a connection to Server 10.3.1. Which is that? Direct Connection?
I have a user with Desktop 10.3.1 that tried to connect to my new 10.3.1 geodatabases, but got "Failed to connect to the specified server. Do you want to continue? Connection was attempted with an older version of SQL Server client communications software that was not compatible withe the SQL Server database server." Does this user with a Windows 7 PC really need to go find an updated driver from MS to communicate?
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