Creating a server directory in ArcCatalog

You can use ArcCatalog or the Catalog window in ArcMap to configure server directories. To do so, follow these steps.

Steps:

1. Create an administrative connection to the server or double-click the server in the Catalog tree.
2. Right-click the server in the Catalog tree and click Server Properties.
3. Click the Directories tab.
4. From the Directory Type drop-down list, choose the type of server directory you would like to create and click Add.
5. Type the path to the directory. If you've distributed the components of ArcGIS Server over more than one machine, use a UNC path. Example: \\myServer\directory1.
6. Optionally, set the Virtual Directory, for example, http://server_name/output. This virtual directory should point to the same disk location as the server directory. You must create the virtual directory in your Web server and link it to the physical directory on disk. The virtual directory allows Web applications to access files created by the GIS server using a URL address.
7. Set the cleaning mode and maximum file age. You can have the server delete files at regular intervals based either on the age of the file or when the file was last accessed by a client.
8. Click OK to apply the changes and click OK again to close the Server Properties page.