Latest Contributions by WillStafford

In reading this you said SDE schema and User Schema Major Flags here  Read this Some clarification on terms/routine regarding user schema SDE in oracle.  Note: Beginning with ArcGIS 10.7 and ArcGIS Pro 2.3, you cannot create user-schema geodatabases in Oracle. That will be the biggest hurdle the "user geodatabases" My Advice after 30 years in SDE. Make a new box and start migrating everything to a new geodatabase.  You are NOT the only one out there impacted by this. Plain tables added to the SDE geodatabase are okay to leave. Triggers, procs etc (database stuff) added to the sde geodatabase need to be pulled out and saved to a text files for later import. Good Luck let us know how it turns out. Will ... View more

Has there been an update on this Vince.  Is it repaired. It was still active in 10.6.1 .  Setting up a 10.7.1 or 10.8 back end soon. Will ... View more

If its a hardend environment check for certificate revocation Particularly if your oganization makes it OWN SSL certs I had a 30 second delay talking to Portal or AGS server sometimes    Always on first call from browser    All other calls went through quick after the first call times out. It was tied to REVOCATION requests for certificates.  If the FIRE wall blocks the outside world you will get this behaviour from a user network talking to a harden backend. ESRI has an article on revocation adjustments for MS Server and where to find it. ... View more

Things that must be setup prior to portal installs Need a Load Balancer and Load Balanced NAME https://portalMYHOME.BOB.CA  which points to both Portal boxes Need file share that BOX servers see  \\BOBFILESHARE\PORTAL_CONFIG Need domain service account.  Test that account can install software, Test account can create and delete in a share file (File Manager) share \\BOBFILESHARE\PORTAL_CONFIG, and install software WITH IT on both boxes Setup Box 1 with portal using service account (this way you know that the service account running Portal has the right prives) Follow ESRI instruction on moving the portal items to a fileshare from C drive Stop "Portal service" server 1 rename original portal folder c:\ to portal_items_orignal Reboot SERVER and see if Portal on server one comes up clean and working Add some content to verify it write to new config store location  (File size change) RDP (service account) to machine two create a "test" folder in the dir structure that you copied from server one to the file share If it works file access permission hurdle crossed Install Portal software via service account on machine 2 Login to portal admin and adjust LOGGING to DEBUG to catch all error messages on "joining" Connect 2 to portal 1 That should do it ... View more