Disconnecting from a database server
You can disconnect from a database server in the Catalog window. The connection file remains in the Database Servers folder, but you are no longer connected to the server.
You might disconnect from a database server to refresh your connection to the database server or to release a connection so another user can connect.

There is no way to disconnect from an individual geodatabase; you must disconnect from the database server.
These steps assume you are already connected to the database server in the Catalog.
Steps:
- In the Catalog tree, right-click the database server.
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Click Disconnect.
A red X will appear on the database server icon to indicate you are disconnected from it.

If you have data from a geodatabase on the database server in the map, you must close the map that contains the data to disconnect.
11/18/2013