topic Re: Service failed to start (Invalid input data source path) in ArcGIS Enterprise Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/service-failed-to-start-invalid-input-data-source/m-p/1050517#M30008 <P>Hi Jonathan,</P><P>Can you please explain the steps of how you changed the data source from an ECW to a SID?</P> Fri, 23 Apr 2021 05:21:23 GMT AYUSHYADAV 2021-04-23T05:21:23Z Service failed to start (Invalid input data source path) https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/service-failed-to-start-invalid-input-data-source/m-p/602692#M23248 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Using the ArcGIS Enterprise Cloud Builder for Microsoft Azure, I've deployed an instance of ArcGIS Server 10.5 to Azure. Using ArcMap, I've created an image service and deployed it to this server. I got an error when trying to publish the service, but the service appears in the Service Manager.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>When I try to start the service, I get the error:</P><P><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/345427_pastedImage_1.png" /></P><P>This is, in fact, the correct path to the data, and the ArcGIS Run As Account has access to this folder.</P><P></P><P><IMG class="image-2 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/345473_pastedImage_2.png" /></P><P>The folder containing the input data is also registered with the server, and has been validated?</P><P></P><P><IMG class="image-3 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/345474_pastedImage_3.png" /></P><P></P><P>So why is ArcGIS Server telling me that the input data source path is invalid?</P><P></P><P>Additional information: here's what's in the logs:</P><P></P><P><IMG class="jive-image image-4" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/345475_pastedImage_4.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Apr 2017 17:57:15 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/service-failed-to-start-invalid-input-data-source/m-p/602692#M23248 JonathanBailey 2017-04-05T17:57:15Z Re: Service failed to start (Invalid input data source path) https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/service-failed-to-start-invalid-input-data-source/m-p/602693#M23249 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>OK, so, I changed the data source from an ECW to a SID, and it worked. Problems with ECW format?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Apr 2017 22:46:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/service-failed-to-start-invalid-input-data-source/m-p/602693#M23249 JonathanBailey 2017-04-05T22:46:58Z Re: Service failed to start (Invalid input data source path) https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/service-failed-to-start-invalid-input-data-source/m-p/602694#M23250 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>See thisL&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="http://support.esri.com/technical-article/000010516" title="http://support.esri.com/technical-article/000010516">FAQ: What is required to serve ECW images in ArcGIS Image Server?</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 06 Apr 2017 05:19:11 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/service-failed-to-start-invalid-input-data-source/m-p/602694#M23250 ModyBuchbinder 2017-04-06T05:19:11Z Re: Service failed to start (Invalid input data source path) https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/service-failed-to-start-invalid-input-data-source/m-p/602695#M23251 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If I recall correctly, there's an additional license needed from Erdas to run image services sourced from .ecw files. There's not a license restriction from the Desktop side, but there is from the GIS Server side.</P><P></P><P><A href="http://server.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/publish-services/linux/20026-layer-is-an-ecw-format-raster.htm">That said, the error you're showing is not the error I'd expect if this were a license issue.</A></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 06 Apr 2017 13:41:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/service-failed-to-start-invalid-input-data-source/m-p/602695#M23251 RandallWilliams 2017-04-06T13:41:22Z Re: Service failed to start (Invalid input data source path) https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/service-failed-to-start-invalid-input-data-source/m-p/602696#M23252 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Agreed. It would be more helpful if the error message indicated that this was a license issue. Even more helpful would be for the error message to link to the page that you referenced.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:01:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/service-failed-to-start-invalid-input-data-source/m-p/602696#M23252 JonathanBailey 2017-04-10T14:01:14Z Re: Service failed to start (Invalid input data source path) https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/service-failed-to-start-invalid-input-data-source/m-p/1050517#M30008 <P>Hi Jonathan,</P><P>Can you please explain the steps of how you changed the data source from an ECW to a SID?</P> Fri, 23 Apr 2021 05:21:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/service-failed-to-start-invalid-input-data-source/m-p/1050517#M30008 AYUSHYADAV 2021-04-23T05:21:23Z