Note: This is for the ArcGIS 10.2 version of the Configuring and Managing the Multiuser Geodatabase course.
Esri web pages
Geodatabase
Essential readings about the geodatabase
Enterprise geodatabases
Geodatabase Tools & Utilities
X-Ray for ArcCatalog - add-in for ArcCatalog used to develop, refine and document your geodatabase designs
PerfQAnalyzer – utility for capturing render and edit times.
ArcGIS Diagrammer - a productivity tool for GIS professionals to create, edit or analyze geodatabase schema
Geodatabase design – For more information on geodatabase design, see the ArcGIS 10.1 Help section Designing a geodatabase (Help > Geodata > Geodatabases > Designing a geodatabase)
Esri Press books on geodatabase design
Other books
Data-loading tools - See the following ArcGIS Desktop Help articles:
Versioning – Versioning is the primary editing workflow in a multi-user geodatabase, allow multiple editors to work collaboratively or in isolation.
ArcGIS Functionality Matrixes - Desktop and server functionality by license level
Geodatabase repository schema – Detailed listings of the geodatabase system tables found in an enterprise geodatabase are available in ArcGIS Help articles for each supported RDBMS: SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL. Object model diagrams of each geodatabase are available in the Documentation folder of the ArcGIS for Desktop install (C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.1\Documentation): SS_ for SQL Server, O_ for Oracle, and pgsql_ for PostgreSQL.
Course Topics and References:
1. Using the geodatabase
2. What is ArcSDE?
Geodatabase Repository Schema
3. Connecting to the geodatabase
Direct connections
Application server connections
ArcSDE application server installation guide
Deprecation plans
4. Loading data into the geodatabase
Geodatabase Administration tools
Data management tools
Loading data
5. Managing storage
DBTUNE in
6. Spatial types
ArcSDE compressed binary storage
Spatial types
Migrating storage
7.Configuring permissions
User administration
8. Associating data
Database views
Query layers
SQL
9. Managing the geodatabase
10. Managing geodatabase locks
11. Geodatabase workflow
Recommended Training/Follow-on Classes
On geodatabases
On editing and sharing geodatabases
On Python
Thanks Rudy!
-g.