PostgreSQL database requirements for ArcGIS 10.1
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Supported database versions
PostgreSQL 9.0.5 (64-bit)
PostgreSQL 9.1.3 (64-bit)*
Supported add-ons:
PostGIS 1.5.1
PostGIS 2.0*
Supported operating systems
Database | Supported Operating Systems | Minimum OS Version | Maximum OS Version |
|---|---|---|---|
PostgreSQL 9.0.5 (64-bit) | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 (64-bit) | Update 7 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 (64-bit) | |||
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64-bit) | SP1 | ||
Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter (64-bit [EM64T]) | SP2 | SP2 | |
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter (64-bit [EM64T]) | SP1 | ||
PostgreSQL 9.1.3 (64-bit)* | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 (64-bit) | Update 7 | |
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter (64-bit [EM64T]) | SP1 |
*Support begins at 10.1 SP1. See technical article 40553 for more information.
Database requirements/limitations
PostGIS 1.5.1: PostGIS Geometry Spatial Type is supported.
PostGIS 2.0: PostGIS Geometry Spatial Type is supported starting at 10.1 SP1.
Operating system limitations
Linux
ArcSDE for PostgreSQL is only supported on:
- Linux x86_64, on CPUs that adhere to the x86_64 architecture (64-bit), with supported Linux releases.
Required configuration for SUSE 11:
- With ArcSDE for PostgreSQL and SUSE 11 installation, copy the libpq.so, libpq.so.5, and libpq.so.5.3 libraries from the PostgreSQL library directory to the $SDEHOME/lib directory logged in as sde user first before creating the geodatabase.
Windows
PostGIS 1.5.1 does not have a build for Windows 64-bit.
PostGIS 2.0 is supported on Windows 64-bit starting at 10.1 SP1.
Software required to connect to a DBMS
Your client machine (for example, the one running ArcMap) will need to have the appropriate client files installed for the RDBMS you are using. These client files are available from their respective RDBMS vendors, but they are also available on Esri Customer Care Portal as a convenience. Please see Database clients for more information. RDBMS client files available from the customer care portal are IBM DB2, IBM Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows Azure SQL Database, and PostgreSQL. Client files for IBM Netezza, Oracle and Teradata are not available on the customer care portal and must be obtained from the IBM, Oracle and Teradata support sites.