Latest Contributions by MichaelJenkins

I can't speak to what the documentation is warning about, but... If you want to gain more insight into memory usage by services, open Task Manager and click on the "Details" tab. You will see dozens of ArcSoc.exe processes listed and their memory usage.  Each one is a "instance" of a map service.   Task manager has some hidden columns with good info.  Right click on a column name and you should see "Select columns", then find and select "Command line" Now you will have a column that tells you exactly which map service each ArcSOC is related to.  Look for "Dservice=mapservice name.MapServer" With the number of services you are working with, I would go for 64GB off RAM on that machine.  32GB would likley not be enough.   Curious what JCarlson thinks about that. ... View more

Got it.   Whatever you call it in UseType will end up in the Space Type filter list, but only for users assigned to the hotel it is in.   Thanks! ... View more

Right, I asked the wrong question.  If you add a "Storage room" to a new hotel called "Lactation Stations" would you end up with "Storage room" in the space type filter? ... View more

Would that also add a new "lactation station" filter for the Space Type?   ... View more

This is a very good idea! ... View more

"he’s been working with their nine-person team to support Scottsdale’s GIS needs for the better part of two decades" I love how dedicated GIS professionals are to their organizations.  I know there are many people who have worked in GIS for a single org for decades.  Kudo to Mele and to Scottsdale! ... View more

That's cool!  And I really like the animation you used to illustrate the topic. ... View more

That's right, if two machines are joined as a site then the requests are divided between the two servers.  If you look at the log files you can tell which server is providing the response - it is listed in the machine name column.  But you can't control which server will respond for individual requests or for individual services. This is sometimes called "Scaling out", as opposed to "Scaling up", which would be just adding more memory to your single machine. Federating a new server and assigning specific services to it is a valid approach, too, and would be called "workload separation" ... View more

Commenting to bump this up. We are getting more and more user requests to be able to book more than one space at a time.   Please upvote this if you agree. ... View more

It means you can't ask for any support from Esri after June 1, so do plan to upgrade to 10.9.1 which is supported until the end of 2027.  In general, never stay on version x.0 once a x.1 or bigger is released.  x.0 versions have the most bugs. ArcGIS Enterprise Life Cycle | Esri Support  Once you upgrade to 10.9.1 you can install ArcMap on that server, but you must intall ArcMap version 10.8.2.  10.8.1 will not work. ... View more

When you have multiple servers joined as a single "site", all of the services are managed the same for both servers.  In fact you can manage the services from ArcGIS Server Manager connected to either machine. You can still set service properties, but those properties will apply to both machines.  For example, if you use a dedicated instance and set it to a maximum of 5, that is 5 per server so you are really getting a maximum of 10 instances.  If you turn off a service, it is turned off on both machines. You cannot assign services to one machine or the other, though.  To do that you would  just federate another server to the Portal and then when you publish a service you can choose which server it will run on. One other consideration is that both machines must access the same \config-store and \arcgisserver directories, so you would either set those up on a 3rd server or some sort of network file share, or you would put them on one of the two AGS servers and share it so the other mahine can access it too.  ... View more

It would depend on where your firewall sits in your configuration, and where your web adaptors are hosted. If you have a web adaptor in the DMZ (outside the firewall) and the other servers inside the firewall, the the source would be the web adaptor server and your destinations would be Portal, GIS and Image servers. Users of your services will access the web adaptor server on port 443, and then that server will access the other servers. ... View more

If you disable anonymous access then users will be prompted to log in when accessing any item, even if shared with everyone.   ... View more