Single Machine ArcGIS Server upgrading operating system

JRHockersmith

Have a single site (single machine) ArcGIS Server.  Used to serve cached tiles.  I upgraded ArcGIS Server to 10.9.1, then to 11.1.  I ran the server backup at each stage and have retained them.  I have a large direct storage device that holds the arcgisserver folder (with config-store and directories).

 

Now I want to upgrade the operating system on this machine.  How do I do this without creating issues?  My hope is that I can rebuild the operating system drive, install arcGIS Server, and then restore from backup. 

JRHockersmith

I needed to rebuild the operating system drive from scratch.

Conditions:

0. Simple Single Machine ArcGIS Server using only cached tile map servers.

1. arcgisserver folder (with config-store and directories) not on the c: drive.

2. I copied the machine.config.xml and config-store-configuration.xml from server\framework\etc and performed a backup using backup.py.

3. Rebuilt the OS.

4. Reinstalled ArcGIS Server.

5. Tried to restore using the restore.py.

     a. Prompted about SSL.  Selected Y to continue, failed.

     b. Didn't use restore.  In hindsight, I used port 6080 in the script.  Realized later that this version uses https at 6443.

6. Overwrote the config-store-configuration.xml with my backed up version.

7. Rebooted.

8. Wasn't able to use my maps that was referencing port 6080.

9. From ArcGIS Server manager, was able to view the maps.  The web browser launched at https://...:6443.

10. Used ArcGIS Server Administrator Manager to change the security/config to http only.

11.  Everything works.

12.  TODO: investigate using a portal and https.