topic Re: Copy Geodatabase in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/copy-geodatabase/m-p/177431#M10014 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Create the new geodatabase in either file or personal in ArcCatalog</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>open a second ArcCatalog</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>One window on the old one on the new.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Simple grab and drag feature datasets from SDE to the new database. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you SDE is large it works best to only grab a few at a time. But you can try it first with the whole thing.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Is there an easy way to copy an entire sde geodatabase to a file or personal geodatabase? <BR />The only way I've been able to successfully copy is by exporting to xml and then importing that same xml into my new geodatabase.<BR />This works but can take quite some time depending on how big the gdb is.<BR /><BR />There must be a quicker / simpler way.</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:30:41 GMT RobertBorchert 2013-04-22T19:30:41Z Copy Geodatabase https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/copy-geodatabase/m-p/177430#M10013 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is there an easy way to copy an entire sde geodatabase to a file or personal geodatabase? </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The only way I've been able to successfully copy is by exporting to xml and then importing that same xml into my new geodatabase.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>This works but can take quite some time depending on how big the gdb is.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>There must be a quicker / simpler way.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:17:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/copy-geodatabase/m-p/177430#M10013 CliffParker 2013-04-22T19:17:22Z Re: Copy Geodatabase https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/copy-geodatabase/m-p/177431#M10014 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Create the new geodatabase in either file or personal in ArcCatalog</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>open a second ArcCatalog</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>One window on the old one on the new.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Simple grab and drag feature datasets from SDE to the new database. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you SDE is large it works best to only grab a few at a time. But you can try it first with the whole thing.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Is there an easy way to copy an entire sde geodatabase to a file or personal geodatabase? <BR />The only way I've been able to successfully copy is by exporting to xml and then importing that same xml into my new geodatabase.<BR />This works but can take quite some time depending on how big the gdb is.<BR /><BR />There must be a quicker / simpler way.</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:30:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/copy-geodatabase/m-p/177431#M10014 RobertBorchert 2013-04-22T19:30:41Z Re: Copy Geodatabase https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/copy-geodatabase/m-p/177432#M10015 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi PMcaparker,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Maybe you can take a look at this KB article below:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/40831">http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/40831</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Have a great day,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Fred</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:55:43 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/copy-geodatabase/m-p/177432#M10015 FrédéricPRALLY 2013-04-23T07:55:43Z Re: Copy Geodatabase https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/copy-geodatabase/m-p/177433#M10016 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>+1, automation is the way to go with tasks like this one.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Apr 2015 20:02:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/copy-geodatabase/m-p/177433#M10016 JoshuaBixby 2015-04-13T20:02:29Z