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Upgrade Geodatabase (Data Management Tools)

Summary

Upgrades a geodatabase to the latest ArcGIS release to take advantage of new functionality.

Usage

  • This tool accepts a file geodatabase or an enterprise geodatabase connection file as input.

  • You cannot upgrade enterprise geodatabases from ArcGIS Pro with a Basic license.

  • Before you upgrade an enterprise geodatabase, you must perform the preparatory steps needed for the database management system you are using, including creating a backup of the database. For Oracle and for geodatabases in PostgreSQL that use the ST_Geometry type, you must download the DatabaseSupport folder from My Esri to obtain a new ST_Geometry library. For other preparatory steps, see the following topics:

  • You must check the Perform Pre-Requisite Check parameter, the Upgrade Geodatabase parameter, or both. You cannot run the tool until you check at least one of these parameters.

  • Use the prerequisite check before upgrading the geodatabase to determine if it is ready for upgrading. If any prerequisites are not met, an error is logged in the geoprocessing history. This saves you from starting the upgrade only to have it fail due to one of these prerequisites not having been met. If any checks fail, you must correct the problem and restart the upgrade process.

  • Upgrades from beta versions of the geodatabase are not supported.

  • The Perform Pre-Requisite Check parameter runs different checks for each type of geodatabase.

    • For file geodatabases, it determines if any of the following are true:

      • The geodatabase is read-only.

      • There are no other users connected to the geodatabase.

      • The current connection is not editing data in the geodatabase.

      • All the information in the current geodatabase system tables can be opened.

    • For enterprise geodatabases, it determines if the following criteria are met:

      • The connected user has the appropriate privileges to upgrade the geodatabase.

      • The connected user is not editing data in the geodatabase.

      • No other users are connected to the geodatabase.

      • The database is enabled to support XML data types.

      • All the information in the current geodatabase system tables can be opened.

      • For geodatabases in Oracle and for geodatabases in PostgreSQL that use the ST_Geometry type, it detects whether the database can access the current version of the ST_Geometry library.

  • For enterprise geodatabases that contain branch versioned data, the upgrade process analyzes branch versions and branch versioned data for inconsistencies and writes results of the analysis to a log file. See How Upgrade Geodatabase works for more information.

  • The version of ArcGIS Pro or ArcGIS Server that you use to run the upgrade determines the version of the upgraded geodatabase.

    Tip:

    For information about running Python from an ArcGIS Server machine, see ArcGIS Server and ArcPy.

Parameters

Label Explanation Data type

Input Geodatabase

The geodatabase that will be upgraded. When upgrading an enterprise geodatabase, specify a database connection file (.sde) that connects to the geodatabase as the geodatabase administrator.

Workspace

Perform Pre-Requisite Check

Specifies whether the prerequisite check will be run before upgrading the geodatabase.

  • Checked—The prerequisite check will be run before upgrading the geodatabase. This is the default.

  • Unchecked—The prerequisite check will not be run.

Boolean

Upgrade Geodatabase

Specifies whether the input geodatabase will be upgraded.

  • Checked—The geodatabase will be upgraded. This is the default.

  • Unchecked—The geodatabase will not be upgraded.

Boolean

Derived output

Label Explanation Data type

Updated Input Geodatabase

The upgraded geodatabase.

Workspace

Environments

Current Workspace

Licensing information

  • Basic: Limited
    Only file geodatabases can be upgraded at the Basic license level. ArcGIS Desktop Standard or Desktop Advanced license is required to upgrade enterprise geodatabases.
  • Standard: Yes
  • Advanced: Yes