Making Cache with Published Mosaic Dataset in 10?

[PeterTimmers]

I've got a published mosaic dataset (image service) in 10 that I want to add some street labelling to and make a cached map service from.

In 9.3.1 it was possible but now I'm getting an error message when I go to publish the mxd.

The error simply states that the layer is invalid.

Any ideas?

[MelanieHarlow]

At v 10, you cannot publish a image service using a mosaic dataset without the Image extension for ArcGIS Server. You also cannot publish a map document containing a mosaic dataset (as a map service) without the Image extension.
Do you have the Image extension?

[larryzhang]

First of all, it was recommanded by ESRI (as heard) that we should NOT conduct caching on such kind of MXD anymore, which contains image services.

So, what we are currently doing is: (1.) to combine several image services with scale dependency (manually defined) in MXD, and then (2.) to publish this MXD as map services to all desktop-based end users & minority of web applications.

Anyhow, it works very well in our cases!  The performance is also not too bad!