Latest Contributions by JonathanQuinn

This is fixed at 10.3, so you can upgrade to avoid it.  I'm not sure if a patch is available. ... View more

Jamal, it is definitely possible to take a backup of a machine using the exportSite resource within the Server Admin API or the tool Rebecca Strauch, GISP‌ mentioned and then restore the backup using the importSite resource within the Server Admin API or again, the tool described.  This will restore the site to it's original state when the backup was taken.  Take note of what's not included when backing up a site, (cache, your own data, etc), which means those items won't be restored by Server, so it's up to you to make sure those things are in order.  The backup/restore utilities were not designed for "cloning" or "migration", meaning moving from one machine to another.  Many organizations use a combination of ArcGIS Server tools, (backup/restore methods discussed above), file system backup tools, database backup tools, and VM backup tools, (ex snapshots), to guard against data loss and downtime. ... View more

I'm not aware of any extension that will change the behavior you're seeing.  Smart clustering is available for a few of the clients of a portal, (AGOL or on-premises), but if you're not interested in that route, I'm not sure what else is available. ... View more

So you want the table records to appear as points based on a relationship with values shared between the table and features?  Take a look at the Make Query Table tool.  If you use the common field to link the features and include the SHAPE column, you should create duplicate points for every record within the table. ... View more

Sounds like you'll need a relate or relationship class.  You can take a look at the doc on deciding between the different options as well. ... View more

There really isn't a great out of the box solution for keeping two active-passive ArcGIS Server sites synchronized.  The Web GIS DR tool was introduced at 10.4 to keep a Web GIS, (or ArcGIS Enterprise deployment), synchronized, but that involves Portal for ArcGIS and it doesn't sound like you're using that.  I would suggest you write your own publishing script tool, (for example, using Stage Service and Upload Service Definition), that will publish to both sites at the same time.  You'll also need to look into how to keep any site settings synchronized, which can be done using Python as well. ... View more

I haven't used arcrest, but if you were to run Fiddler as you run the script, you should see the requests that your script is making to the Portaladmin API.  You should be then able to confirm that you're providing a token with the exportSite request.  You can also print what the sh variable stores, as I'm guessing sh stores a token and then arcrest.manageportal.PortalAdministration extracts the token somehow.  Personally, I would write my own script using the urllib2 and the json modules. ... View more

It was a dev build of the software so not on a released version.  Have you reached out to Support? ... View more

What version are you using?  There was a bug in earlier versions where if the Server machines lost connection to the config-store and directories, services would appear as locked.  If your servers are taking time to reach the config-store and you're on these earlier versions, that may be it.  I'm not totally sure which version it was fixed in. ... View more

There are a lot of places within the config-store and directories that store values specific to the machine it's on, (machine name, file paths, etc).  You'll likely run into more problems with the machine name that's stored within the config-store and possibly directories than file paths, assuming all file paths are accessible on the second site.  Note that updating files manually within the config-store or directories is not supported and not recommended. ... View more

Multiple web adaptors for Portal will only work if you have something in front of the web adaptors load balancing traffic to them. Ex. It's only designed to allow for redundancy at the web tier level, not to have two entry points into the portal.  If multiple entry points were possible, the problem is that when an item is created, the URL for the item is built using the URL (https://myportal.domain.com/secure/...) and will not update depending on if you access the portal through a different URL, (https://myportal.domain.com/open/...).  If you only have people that can sign into the portal creating content, (they will likely use the "secure" entry point), then those items will only reference the "secure" URL, and nobody with access to the "open" URL can reach the items, as they'd require authentication or require access to some internal web adaptor or reverse proxy.  The only way to achieve anonymous and single sign on experiences is, as mentioned, using SAML ... View more