A quick tour of administering ArcSDE geodatabases with ArcGIS for Desktop
Recommended version administration workflow
Recommended reconcile order
Preventing users from connecting to a geodatabase
Viewing connected users in ArcGIS for Desktop
Geodatabase locks
Managing locks in the geodatabase
Updating statistics on a dataset using the Analyze Datasets tool
Updating statistics on a dataset using Analyze
Using the Rebuild Indexes tool to rebuild indexes on geodatabase system tables
Rebuilding indexes on geodatabase system tables using a Python script
Using the Analyze Datasets tool to update statistics on geodatabase system tables
Updating statistics on geodatabase system tables using a Python script
Enabling SQL access on geodatabase data from ArcGIS for Desktop
Determining the version of an enterprise geodatabase