RasterCatalogToRasterDataset Failure

[WaltBulawa]

I have attempted to create a large raster dataset from a raster catalog using the Data Mangement Tools/Raster/Raster Dataset/Raster Catalog to Raster Dataset tool in ArcMap/ArcInfo Desktop (9.3.1 SP2) and it has failed.  I have tried this on two different computers with two different datasets on two different days and it has failed both times.  In both cases the image catalog was statewide but, in both cases, disk space should not have been the issue in that there were 10s - 100s of Gigabytes freee on the drives.  The first failed after 5 hours/32 minutes and the second failed at 16 hours/17 minutes.  The image raster catalog was un-managed and the images were all JPEG 2000.  The resultant dataset was jp2 and, when loaded into ArcMap was a grey rectangle of probably the correct size.

The error message reads: Executing: RasterCatalogToRasterDataset E:\WebData\NAIP09\RasterCatalog.mdb\ID_NAIP09_UTM111 E:\WebData\NAIP09\ID_NAIP09_UTM111_ds.jp2 # LAST FIRST # NONE 16_BIT_UNSIGNED NONE NONE CACULATE_FROM_ALL #
Start Time: Wed Apr 07 08:28:52 2010
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Failed to copy raster dataset
Failed to execute (RasterCatalogToRasterDataset).
End Time: Thu Apr 08 00:46:48 2010 (Elapsed Time: 16 hours 17 minutes 56 seconds)

Why did it fail?

And what can I do to make it run to completion?

[Anonymous User]

Hi,
I've had a similar but opposite problem. I've been trying to load raster datasets into a raster catalog in ArcSDE and have been getting the same error.  This happened before and just before calling tech support a light went off.
I resolved my issue by deploying the wizard/tool from one account, I suggest SDE Administrator but browsing to the data in another account.
For example, I have a raster catalog built in the SDE Admin account and right click, load data, and browse to the data under a different database connection, in my case I used a windows authenticated account. 

I don't remember the rationale why this works but it works for me.  It has something to do with the fact that ArcSDE can't load data into an object from the same account b/c the open object (the one receiving the data) more/less locks the account and by getting the data from the other account it can load it in.

Try it and I hope it works for you.

Hilary
Capital Regional District, Victoria, BC

[WaltBulawa]

This would not work for us in that we are not using SDE anywhere in the process.  The raster files are all JP2 and the consequent raster dataset is also jp2.

[WentaoChe]

Hi,

I had the same problem. The largest img file I can create is about 106GB. It always fails to create a large jpeg or jpg2.
But you can create very large raster within a file geodatabase, up to 940GB in my case.

RasterCatalogToRasterDataset is not stable as WorkspaceToRasterDataset if you create a large raster,  WorkspaceToRasterDataset is my choice.

Hope it helps,

Wentao
KKC, Tokyo, Japan