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I wanted to add to this topic. I was having similar behavior. What I found was that I was using the etc/hosts file while migrating to a new server to map our production server alias to the local server. Initially, I entered the following: #.#.#.# alias.domain.com It worked for a lot of things like setting up the web adaptor. It didn't work once I got to setting up IWA. While troubleshooting, I tried using the machine name instead of the alias and IWA worked. So, I then tried modifying the etc/hosts file as follows: #.#.#.# machinename.domain.com alias.domain.com I'm not well-trained in networking so I don't know why leaving the machine name out of the entry caused an issue. I do know it fixed my problem.

I would prefer Esri tried to get ArcGIS Pro to work on par with other Windows products.

I have a repetitive workflow where I need to create a new project, add a hosted feature service to the map, download the hosted feature service as a file geodatabase, and repoint the layers to the file geodatabase. I am using either the Update Data Sources tool from the map or changing the data source on the layer. In either case, I find the Change Data Source and Set Data Source windows to be very poor. First of all, the performance is significantly slower than any similar dialog window in Microsoft Office. Second of all, it tries to open your last folder, but it takes between 1 and 10 seconds to do so. So, you get impatient, you navigate to where you want to go and then it finally opens the last folder and undoes the effort you just put in. Third of all, it seems to remember the last folder differently for different feature class types. For example, I created a new project, changed the data source for a point layer, then when I went to update the data source for a line layer, it did not go back to the same file geodatabase, it went back to the last file geodatabase where I had selected a line feature class. It's getting in my way. Sometimes, I am accidentally picking layers from the wrong geodatabase because I'm assuming it is still in the last folder I was in on the same project. Fourth, for my workflow, I would like it to start out in a neutral location like Databases. Maybe other people would have different opinions for different workflows. So, maybe there should be an option to specify how file dialogs behave in the software. My idea is simply make the windows perform faster, more intuitively, more predictably, and possibly configurably. As it stands, I am fighting the software. This is in ArcGIS Pro 3.2.

‎03-08-2024

Thank you Reese. That's the feeling I got. Doable if you really understand the internals of the software, but risky if you don't.

‎03-08-2024

I attempted to use webgisdr to migrate to a new machine with a different hostname and alias. I was mostly successful in doing so. The internal URLs were setup before the import. I reinstalled the web adaptors after the import with the alias. However, I still notice the old URL in various places like the link to generate a token from the Server Administrator Directory or in the service properties in the Server Administrator Directory. Is the expectation of webgisdr that the target machine always takes over the hostname or alias of the source machine? Is there a way to update the URLs everywhere in an ArcGIS Enterprise installation?

‎03-08-2024

I left the SSL certificate in place with no problem. What I'm interested in knowing is if the server will use the self-signed certificate if the CA certificate expires.

‎03-06-2024

I'm not having this exact same error message, but the message says something about unauthorized access even though I too am an administrator. It's only on some hosted feature services. I never had any issue with other item types. Did you ever figure this one out? I really want to use clone_items, but I have run into about three edge cases where cloning hosted feature services chokes.

‎03-05-2024

I will perform a test server installation and restore today. I read more forum posts last night and came to the same conclusion as @JonathanEpstein. The main purpose of the etc/hosts file seems to be to accomplish the requirement that the source and target systems of the backup have the same public portal and server URLs. That seems more like a webgisdr requirement for it to work. Reading that blog that @A_Wyn_Jones referred to, which was the impetus for my question, I was mainly concerned about the section where it said: 3. Before you install any software on the new machine, update its etc\hosts file to resolve the IP address of the new machine to newmachine.domain.local as well as enterprise.domain.com: 10.0.0.2 newmachine.domain.local enterprise.domain.com Listing the local hostname into the etc\hosts file first ensures that the software will store that name in configuration files, rather than the DNS alias. Adding the DNS alias ensures the deployment can be configured with the DNS alias without impacting production. I was worried about how setting up your etc/hosts file impacts the URLs stored in the Portal, Server, and Data Store configs. The blog covers two cases, namely using a backup that used machine names and one that used aliases. Our source backup uses machine names but I want to set up the new server with aliases. I succeeded in doing that on a new 10.9.1 installation but I want to move from a backup based on machine names to a server based on aliases. It seems the installation software uses the left-most entry when it wants to store a domain name in the AGE configs. I learned how the etc/hosts file doesn't support C name records like a DNS server, so maybe everything to the right resolves to the same IP address but the first domain name is the one it uses when it wants to store a domain name over an IP address. No matter what, though, I am seeing that the public URLs have to match the source to be able to run the backup, but I want to end with different public URLs when I am finished.. I think I can set up Portal, Server, and the DataStore with the aliases I want but use the etc/hosts file and the source public URLs to set up the web adaptors. Then, after the restore, I will attempt to uninstall and reinstall the web adaptors using the aliases I want to use. Hopefully, this will do the trick. My main concern is just understanding the mechanics. I don't quite understand how the left most domain name in the etc/hosts file gets used. I understand how the public URLs have to match. I have some experience installing 10.9.1 using aliases. I just worry about what internal URLs I might end up with inside the ArcGIS Enterprise configs. With regards to the content, I definitely will be doing some scripting to update item URLs and URLs in item data. That's partially why we want our new installation to use aliases. We want to get away from the machine names. Thanks for your help, Nathan

‎03-04-2024

Hi Jonathan, Could you expand on the registered data stores have to be identical? Do we have to use the exact same name? Sometimes our data stores were registered in different places like Server Manager, ArcMap, and ArcGIS Pro. I just want to make sure I know how identical they have to be. Is it just a matter of making sure the data stores can validate or is it looking for everything to be exactly the same?

‎03-04-2024

I'm trying to understand how the etc/hosts file works in conjunction with migrating to a new server using webgisdr. Is the only purpose to resolve URLs in the source backup to the target machine for the duration of the backup? Or is the information somehow used in the configuration of ArcGIS Enterprise when you install it? The documentation and various blogs indicate to set the etc/hosts file prior to installing ArcGIS Enterprise. I'm trying to understand if you can switch from machine names to using aliases in the migration process and how you would set up the etc/hosts file.

‎03-03-2024

Hi Jack, Have you found a solution to this problem? I too am trying to clone hosted feature services and some behave differently than others. I get the list index out of range issue and an authorization error even though I am admin. It really files like you have to have a complete understanding of feature services in general or try to tackle a small subset of well-behaved ones versus all of them when using the clone_items method. Also, I was not passing in an invalid index either. Thanks, Nathan

‎02-29-2024

I'm trying to migrate an ArcGIS Enterprise single-machine deployment to a new machine. It has to be using webgisdr. When the source machine was setup, the machine name was used throughout the setup process. For the target machine, we would like to get away from that and set it up with an alias, if possible. Now, I just read this blog by @JonathanQuinn about migrating an installation using webgisdr. It referred to two approaches, one if you use the machine name and one if you use an alias. Do we have to use the machine name approach because that is how the old machine was setup or can we use the alias approach because that is how we want it to be set up in the future? I'm trying to understand what etc/hosts entry to create on the new machine before installing the software and what domain name to use throughout the setup. In terms of our content, we have tried to replace the machine name with the alias in our existing Portal. Thanks, Nathan

‎02-27-2024

I was performing a restore using webgisdr. Some of the hosted feature services would not load into the Map Viewer after the restore. I noticed that in the config-store/services/hosted, the folders were missing for those services. The items were present in the portal. Does anyone have an idea what could cause this? In the short term, I copied these folders from the backup into the hosted folder and the services worked, but I don't trust that other things may not be wrong as well. Thanks, Nathan

‎02-22-2024

I'm migrating content between two portals using the ArcGIS API for Python and I wanted to know if the code attachments associated with Web AppBuilder items are required or important.

‎02-22-2024

It would be much more efficient when browsing through items in a folder or other type of view if there were arrows to page through the items once you selected one. I'm trying to migrate a portal using the ArcGIS API for Python and I'm doing a lot of item inspection. It would be faster if I didn't have to click on an item, then go back, and click on the next item.

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Latest Contributions by NathanHeickLACSD

Re: IWA Login for Portal Prompting for Credentials

Re: Improve Change Data Source and Select Data Source Dialog Windows

Improve Change Data Source and Select Data Source Dialog Windows

Re: Rename an ArcGIS Enterprise Machine

Rename an ArcGIS Enterprise Machine

Re: Installing SSL Certificate

Re: Clone hosted feature service with error message Access to admin resources are not allowed

Re: WebGISDR and Hosts File

Re: Standby Portal Webgisdr issues

WebGISDR and Hosts File

Re: Error when cloning feature layer with relationships

WebGISDR Migration

Hosted Feature Services Not Restoring Correctly

Code Attachments

Arrows to Page through Items

Re: Rename an ArcGIS Enterprise Machine

Make Line Types More Consistent Across Platform

True Curves in ArcGIS Online

Re: Feature Layer Generalization and Selections

Arcade Expression for Validating Input