Upgrading a BIS geodatabase connection (Bathymetry Solution)

For the 10.1 Service Pack 1 release of ArcGIS for Maritime: Bathymetry, you will need to upgrade your existing BIS geodatabase connections. This upgrade process will update the BIS geodatabase schema to enable the new mosaic dataset naming functionality for composite surface models. In the previous version of the Bathymetry Solution, when you saved a composite surface model through the Compose Surface window and chose to create a mosaic dataset with your model, the name of the mosaic dataset was generated for you. After the upgrade process, you can define your own name for the mosaic dataset when saving a composite surface model. This gives you the ability to set your own naming conventions when the mosaic dataset is to be shared publicly or used as an Image Service or privately within your organization.

Chances are you will have active connections to your BIS geodatabases from the previous 10.1 version. If this is the case, when you start ArcMap and open the Manage Connections dialog box, you will immediately be prompted to run the upgrade process. If you don’t have an active connection, you will need to connect to and activate the BIS workspace connection you want to upgrade.

Note:

Once you complete the upgrade of your BIS geodatabase, all BIS users will need to have the latest Bathymetry Solution version installed before they can access it.

Steps:

1. Start ArcMap.
2. On the main menu, click Customize > Toolbars > Bathymetry.
3. Click the Manage Connections button on the Bathymetry toolbar.

   The Manage Connections dialog box appears.
Note:

If your only active connection is to an older version of the BIS geodatabase, the error dialog box from step 6 will appear and you can skip to step 7.

4. Check the Active check box for the BIS workspace you want to upgrade.

   The following message appears.
5. Click OK to return to the Manage Connections dialog box.
6. Click the icon next to the BIS you want to upgrade.

   The following error message appears and notifies you that the workspace is out of date and asks whether you would like to upgrade.
7. Click Yes.

   The Manage Connections dialog box appears with an upgrade message.
8. Read the instructions listed.
   Tip:

   If you are not ready to upgrade your BIS workspace at this time, click Cancel Upgrade and perform the steps necessary to prepare for the upgrade.

9. Click OK.

   The Upgrading BIS workspace status dialog box appears.

   Note:

   For ArcSDE workspaces, if there are open connections to the BIS workspace and you attempt to run the process, it will fail and roll back to the previous version.

10. Click Close when the process completes.

For ArcSDE workspaces, you will need to close and start ArcMap before you can use the upgraded BIS geodatabase.