Latest Contributions by AngusHooper1

Is there a new method to subscribe to patching notifications as well? The old mechanism seems to no longer be valid. ... View more

There is no easy answer here as it is entirely dependent on the use case, how much "work" a single user will put on the infrastructure and how much "work" is simultaneous. The software responds well to vertical scaling so I would aim low and increase vCPU and RAM as needed. There is plenty of doco from Esri on these topics, i.e., https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/deploy/windows/data-storage-considerations-for-an-arcgis-server-site.htm or https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/publish-services/windows/tuning-and-configuring-services.htm. As an example, I would not be providing any apps or maps that use the feature service for visualisation. You should offload that to a map service as it will be more performant. You should also push as much work as possible onto hosted feature layers as these are more performant across the platform. ... View more

Ditto. Common feedback and best practice is to not use shared instances for imagery services. Also, you may want to look into how ArcGIS Server is accessing the underlying data at a protocol level (e.g. SMB). If this issue is occurring daily then there may be a session timeout/cache issue. ... View more

Be careful when inserting hard coded url's that reference an IP or the fully qualified domain name. Although it may work today, it can cause strife later on when you need to change machine or IP address. You should try to use a DNS alias where possible. ... View more

It is also a security concern (low) as it enables a user to confirm/deny the existence of an account in the external identity store (i.e. LDAP).   https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/disable-password-reset-functionality/m-p/1086042#M11358 ... View more

This is a common symptom for a fundamental issue in your ArcGIS Server stack. If you have deployed to a windows environment, the next step would be to investigate the logs in Event Viewer for when you start/stop the service. ... View more

Spend some time learning how to use Test-NetConnection in PowerShell. Test-NetConnection -Port 6443 -ComputerName "myArcgisServer.com" -InformationLevel "Detailed" ... View more

If it is almost a brand new site then I would contemplate rebuilding it with that DNS alias in mind. Also, I would encourage you not to use the computer name in the URL or alias. Future proof yourself and make sure every component has a friendly alias, i.e. portal.companyname.com, maps.companyname.com. ... View more

Interestingly I cannot find anything listening on 8081 within our 10.8.1 Enterprise. As outlined in the microsoft doco, there is a bunch of best practise you can use to mitigate this risk. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-firewall/best-practices-configuring. Ensure your security review considers mitigating mechanisms and is not clear-cut with compliant/non-compliant.  As a FYI, I would recommend you install the ArcGIS software to the D drive and leave C to the OS. E drive can then store the site information (e.g. arcgis server directories). ... View more

I was wary of doing this for obvious reasons. Is there a specific table or workflow? ... View more

Unfortunately the locks cannot be easily cleared as the python tool errors out due to the scale of locks. It does clear some, but not all. ... View more