topic Does migrating an Oracle database break services already published to the ArcGIS Server? in Geodatabase Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/does-migrating-an-oracle-database-break-services/m-p/839894#M4599 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Our IS department needs to migrate our Oracle geodatabase off of a Windows 2003 server. This will alter our TNSNAMES.ORA file. Will this cause issues with our services that have already been published to our ArcGIS Server from the geodatabase?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 13 Dec 2017 13:55:37 GMT ShannonGrumbly2 2017-12-13T13:55:37Z Does migrating an Oracle database break services already published to the ArcGIS Server? https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/does-migrating-an-oracle-database-break-services/m-p/839894#M4599 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Our IS department needs to migrate our Oracle geodatabase off of a Windows 2003 server. This will alter our TNSNAMES.ORA file. Will this cause issues with our services that have already been published to our ArcGIS Server from the geodatabase?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 13 Dec 2017 13:55:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/does-migrating-an-oracle-database-break-services/m-p/839894#M4599 ShannonGrumbly2 2017-12-13T13:55:37Z Re: Does migrating an Oracle database break services already published to the ArcGIS Server? https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/does-migrating-an-oracle-database-break-services/m-p/839895#M4600 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Shannon - This is the beauty of TNS Names. As long as the ArcGIS Server gets the update TNS File you'll be good to go. Ideally run this in a test/staging environment first, but I've been through this type of migration many times with no problems.</P><P></P><P>Adam Z</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:43:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/does-migrating-an-oracle-database-break-services/m-p/839895#M4600 AdamZiegler1 2017-12-13T14:43:01Z