ArcGIS Help 10.1 - Upgrade Geodatabase (Data Management)

Summary

Upgrades a geodatabase to the latest release to take advantage of new functionality available in the latest release of ArcGIS. Valid input is a personal or file geodatabase, an sde connection file, or connection information for an ArcSDE geodatabase.

You must have the current release of ArcGIS for Desktop Standard, ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced, ArcGIS Engine Geodatabase Update, or ArcGIS for Server Advanced or ArcGIS for Server Standard installed on the computer from which you will run the upgrade. For enterprise geodatabases, a direct connection to the geodatabase is necessary to run the upgrade.

Usage

Before you upgrade your enterprise geodatabase, be sure you have read and performed the steps in the applicable topics:
Preparing to upgrade a geodatabase in DB2 Preparing to upgrade a geodatabase in Informix Preparing to upgrade a geodatabase in Oracle Preparing to upgrade a geodatabase in PostgreSQL Preparing to upgrade a geodatabase in SQL Server
To determine the geodatabase version, right-click the geodatabase in the Catalog window and click Properties. The Upgrade Status section of the General tab shows the ArcGIS release of the geodatabase and indicates if your geodatabase can be upgraded to the latest release to take advantage of new functionality.
At least one of either the Perform Pre-Requisite Check parameter or the Upgrade Geodatabase parameter should be checked. Not checking either results in an error.
Esri recommends using the prerequisite check prior to upgrading your geodatabase to determine if your geodatabase is ready for upgrading. If any of these prerequisites is not met, the tool logs an error in the Results window and does not upgrade the geodatabase. This saves you from starting the upgrade only to have it fail partway through due to one of these prerequisites not having been met. If any checks fail, you must correct the problem and restart the upgrade process.
Upgrades from beta versions of the geodatabase are not supported.
Once a geodatabase has been upgraded, previous versions of ArcGIS will be unable to open it since older versions of ArcGIS cannot read newer versions of the geodatabase.
The Perform Pre-Requisite Check option runs different checks depending on what type of geodatabase you are upgrading. For personal and file geodatabases, it determines whether
- The geodatabase is read-only.
- There are no other users connected to the geodatabase.
- The current connection is not editing data in the geodatabase.
- All the information within the current geodatabase system tables can be opened.
- For enterprise geodatabases, it determines whether
  - The connected user has the appropriate privileges to upgrade.
  - The connected user is not editing data in the geodatabase.
  - There are no other users connected to the geodatabase.
  - The database is enabled to support XML data types.
  - All the information within the current geodatabase system tables can be opened.
  - For geodatabases in PostgreSQL and Oracle, it detects whether the ST_Geometry library in the database location is current.
  - For geodatabases in a user's schema in Oracle, it detects whether the master geodatabase is upgraded.

Syntax

UpgradeGDB_management (input_workspace, input_prerequisite_check, input_upgradegdb_check)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
input_workspace	The personal, file, or ArcSDE geodatabase to be upgraded	Workspace
input_prerequisite_check	Specifies whether the prerequisite check is run prior to upgrading the geodatabase NO_ PREREQUISITE_CHECK —Prerequisite check is not run. PREREQUISITE_CHECK —Prerequisite check is run. This is the default.	Boolean
input_upgradegdb_check	Specifies whether the upgrade is performed NO_UPGRADE —The upgrade is not run. UPGRADE —The upgrade is run. This is the default.	Boolean

Code Sample

UpgradeGeodatabase example 1 (Python Window)

The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the UpgradeGDB function in immediate mode to upgrade a file geodatabase:

import arcpy
Output_Workspace = "C:\\temp\\Default.gdb"
Default_gdb = "C:\\temp\\Default.gdb"
arcpy.UpgradeGDB_management(Default_gdb, "PREREQUISITE_CHECK", "UPGRADE")

UpgradeGeodatabase example 2 (stand-alone script for file geodatabase)

The following stand-alone Python script demonstrates how to use the UpgradeGDB function in Python scripting to upgrade a file geodatabase:

# Description: upgrade a geodatabase
 
# Import arcpy module
import arcpy

# Local variables:
Output_Workspace = "C:\\temp\\Default.gdb"
Default_gdb = "C:\\temp\\Default.gdb"

# Process: Upgrade Geodatabase
arcpy.UpgradeGDB_management(Default_gdb, "PREREQUISITE_CHECK", "UPGRADE")

UpgradeGeodatabase example 3 (stand-alone script using an .sde connection file)

The following stand-alone Python script demonstrates how to use the UpgradeGDB function in Python scripting to upgrade an enterprise geodatabase using an existing .sde connection file:

# Description: upgrade a geodatabase

# Import arcpy module
import arcpy

# Local variables:
Output_Workspace = "C:\\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\ESRI\ArcCatalog\Connection to gdb.sde"
Default_gdb = "C:\\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\ESRI\ArcCatalog\Connection to gdb.sde"

# Process: Upgrade Geodatabase
arcpy.UpgradeGDB_management(Default_gdb, "PREREQUISITE_CHECK", "UPGRADE")

UpgradeGeodatabase example 4 (stand-alone script for an enterprise geodatabase)

The following stand-alone Python script demonstrates how to use the UpgradeGDB function in Python scripting to upgrade an enterprise geodatabase:

"""
Name: upgrade_gdb.py
Description: Provide connection information to an Enterprise geodatabase 
and upgrade the geodatabase
Type upgrade_gdb.py -h or upgrade_gdb.py --help for usage
Author: Esri
"""

# Import system modules
import arcpy, os, optparse, sys


# Define usage and version
parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage = "usage: %prog [Options]", version="%prog 2.0; valid for 10.1 only")

#Define help and options
parser.add_option ("--DBMS", dest="Database_type", type="choice", choices=['SQLSERVER', 'ORACLE', 'POSTGRESQL', 'DB2','INFORMIX','DB2ZOS',''], default="", help="Type of enterprise DBMS:  SQLSERVER, ORACLE, or POSTGRESQL.")
parser.add_option ("-i", dest="Instance", type="string", default="", help="DBMS instance name")
parser.add_option ("--auth", dest="account_authentication", type ="choice", choices=['DATABASE_AUTH', 'OPERATING_SYSTEM_AUTH'], default='DATABASE_AUTH', help="Authentication type options (case-sensitive):  DATABASE_AUTH, OPERATING_SYSTEM_AUTH.  Default=DATABASE_AUTH")
parser.add_option ("-u", dest="User", type="string", default="", help="Geodatabase administrator user name")
parser.add_option ("-p", dest="Password", type="string", default="", help="Geodatabase administrator password")
parser.add_option ("--upgrade", dest="Upgrade", type="choice", choices=['TRUE', 'FALSE'], default="FALSE", help="Upgrade Options (case-sensitive):  TRUE=Perform Pre-requisite check and upgrade geodatabase, FALSE=Perform Pre-requisite check only.  Default=FALSE")                   
parser.add_option ("-D", dest="Database", type="string", default="none", help="Database name:  Not required for Oracle")


# Check if value entered for option
try:
	(options, args) = parser.parse_args()

	
#Check if no system arguments (options) entered
	if len(sys.argv) == 1:
		print "%s: error: %s\n" % (sys.argv[0], "No command options given")
		parser.print_help()
		sys.exit(3)

	#Usage parameters for spatial database connection to upgrade
	account_authentication = options.account_authentication.upper()
	username = options.User.lower() 
	password = options.Password	
	do_upgrade = options.Upgrade
	database = options.Database.lower()
	database_type = options.Database_type.upper()
	instance = options.Instance
	
	if (database_type == ""):
		print "\nDatabase type must be specified!\n"
		parser.print_help()
		sys.exit(3)
	
	if (database_type == "SQLSERVER"):
		database_type = "SQL_SERVER"
	
	# Get the current product license
	product_license=arcpy.ProductInfo()
	
	# Checks required license level to upgrade
	if product_license.upper() == "ARCVIEW" or product_license.upper() == 'ENGINE':
		print "\n" + product_license + " license found!" + "  Enterprise geodatabase upgrade requires an ArcGIS for Desktop Standard or Advanced, ArcGIS Engine with the Geodatabase Update extension, or ArcGIS for Server license."
		sys.exit("Re-authorize ArcGIS before upgrading.")
	else:
		print "\n" + product_license + " license available!  Continuing to upgrade..."
		arcpy.AddMessage("+++++++++")
	
	# Local variables
	instance_temp = instance.replace("\\","_")
	instance_temp = instance_temp.replace("/","_")
	instance_temp = instance_temp.replace(":","_")
	Conn_File_NameT = instance_temp + "_" + database + "_" + username     
	
	if os.environ.get("TEMP") == None:
		temp = "c:\\temp"	
	else:
		temp = os.environ.get("TEMP")
	
	if os.environ.get("TMP") == None:
		temp = "/usr/tmp"		
	else:
		temp = os.environ.get("TMP")  
	
	Connection_File_Name = Conn_File_NameT + ".sde"
	Connection_File_Name_full_path = temp + os.sep + Conn_File_NameT + ".sde"
	
	# Check for the .sde file and delete it if present
	arcpy.env.overwriteOutput=True
	if os.path.exists(Connection_File_Name_full_path):
		os.remove(Connection_File_Name_full_path)
	
	print "\nCreating Database Connection File...\n"	
	# Process: Create Database Connection File...
	# Usage:  out_file_location, out_file_name, DBMS_TYPE, instnace, database, account_authentication, username, password, save_username_password(must be true)
	arcpy.CreateDatabaseConnection_management(out_folder_path=temp, out_name=Connection_File_Name, database_platform=database_type, instance=instance, database=database, account_authentication=account_authentication, username=username, password=password, save_user_pass="TRUE")
        for i in range(arcpy.GetMessageCount()):
		if "000565" in arcpy.GetMessage(i):   #Check if database connection was successful
			arcpy.AddReturnMessage(i)
			arcpy.AddMessage("\n+++++++++")
			arcpy.AddMessage("Exiting!!")
			arcpy.AddMessage("+++++++++\n")
			sys.exit(3)            
		else:
			arcpy.AddReturnMessage(i)
			arcpy.AddMessage("+++++++++\n")
			
	# Check whether geodatabase needs upgrade
	isCurrent = arcpy.Describe(Connection_File_Name_full_path).currentRelease
	
	if isCurrent == True:
		print "The geodatabase is already at the current release and cannot be upgraded!"
		sys.exit("Upgrade did not run.")
	
	
	# Process: Upgrade geodatabase...
	try:
		if do_upgrade.lower() == "true":
			print "Upgrading Geodatabase...\n"
			arcpy.UpgradeGDB_management(input_workspace=Connection_File_Name_full_path, input_prerequisite_check="PREREQUISITE_CHECK", input_upgradegdb_check="UPGRADE")
			for i in range(arcpy.GetMessageCount()):
				arcpy.AddReturnMessage(i)
			arcpy.AddMessage("+++++++++\n")
	
		else:
			print "Running Pre-Requisite Check...\n"
			arcpy.UpgradeGDB_management(input_workspace=Connection_File_Name_full_path, input_prerequisite_check="PREREQUISITE_CHECK", input_upgradegdb_check="NO_UPGRADE")
			for i in range(arcpy.GetMessageCount()):
				arcpy.AddReturnMessage(i)
			arcpy.AddMessage("+++++++++\n")
		
	        
	except:
		for i in range(arcpy.GetMessageCount()):
			arcpy.AddReturnMessage(i)
		
	if os.path.exists(Connection_File_Name_full_path):
		os.remove(Connection_File_Name_full_path)
	
#Check if no value entered for option	
except SystemExit as e:
	if e.code == 2:
		parser.usage = ""
		print "\n"
		parser.print_help()
		parser.exit(2)

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments

Licensing Information

ArcGIS for Desktop Basic: Yes

ArcGIS for Desktop Standard: Yes

ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced: Yes

8/20/2013