Moving SDE Geodatabase to new folder

THayes2000

In the Database Properties Window, Name; it shows:

C:\Users\myname\AppData\Roaming\Esri\Desktop10.1\ArcCatalog\GISDATASTORAGE.sde

No one else is using the geodatabase; no one else is logged onto it. My Map Services are not connected to it. I just created it. I have Feature Datasets and Feature Classes with data stored in it.

How do I go about changing the location of GISDATASTORAGE.sde? I would like to move it to a Folder on my E: drive. I want to change the location to E:\SDE_Geodatabases\GISDATASTORAGE.sde

VinceAngelo

That really doesn't sound like an ArcSDE geodatabase -- SQL-Server usually reserves the suffixes
on database files (and they come as a set .mdf/.ldf) -- but if it is, then you need to use SQL-Server
to detach the database, move it (and its companion) using the filesystem, then reattach the mdf.
The .sde file is more than likely just the connection file to the database, so you'll probably want to
look at the datafiles' names (and location) before you detach the database.

- V