ArcGIS Server .NET Help - Creation of ArcSDE geodatabases licensed through ArcGIS Server Enterprise

ArcSDE geodatabases licensed through ArcGIS Server Enterprise are stored using separate database management system (DBMS) products. Therefore, before you can create the ArcSDE geodatabase system tables and your data tables, you must set up your DBMS. How you set up your DBMS is specific to the DBMS product you are using; therefore, consult your DBMS documentation for information on setting up your DBMS.

After your DBMS software is installed and you have a database, you can install ArcSDE and perform the postinstallation steps necessary to create an ArcSDE Enterprise geodatabase.

If you are installing ArcSDE on a Windows computer, use the Post Installation wizard to create your ArcSDE geodatabase. The Post Installation wizard creates the ArcSDE geodatabase system tables and the ArcSDE administrator account, assigns the proper permissions to the ArcSDE administrator account, authorizes the ArcSDE software, and creates and starts an ArcSDE service.

If you are installing ArcSDE on a UNIX or Linux box, you perform these same postinstallation tasks using tools executed at a shell command prompt.

See the topics in these sections of the help for information on setting up an ArcSDE geodatabase licensed through ArcGIS Server Enterprise:

11/18/2013