Upgrading a BIS geodatabase connection

When upgrading to a newer version of ArcGIS Bathymetry, you may be prompted to upgrade your existing BIS geodatabases. Upgrading your BIS geodatabases will make them incompatible with previous versions of the Bathymetry Solution. In most cases, an active connection to one of your BIS geodatabases will be carried over from the previous version. If this is the case, you will immediately be prompted to run the upgrade process when you open the Manage Connections dialog box. If you don't have an active connection, connect to and activate a BIS connection to start the upgrade process.

Note:

• For enterprise BIS workspaces, you must be connected as the BIS owner to upgrade the workspace.
• Any release of the software that requires an upgrade to the BIS ensures that all upgrades in previous releases are included. Additionally, when an existing BIS workspace is upgraded, it ensures that the upgraded BIS workspace uses the same schema definition as any newly created BIS geodatabases at that software release.

1. Start ArcMap.
2. Click Customize > Toolbars > Bathymetry on the main menu to activate the Bathymetry toolbar if necessary.
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 release of the BIS geodatabase, the error dialog box from step 6 appears 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   The following error message appears, notifying you that the workspace is out of date and asking if you would like to upgrade.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 geodatabase, 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:

   If you receive a message saying that the geodatabase containing the BIS workspace can be upgraded to a later version, see Geodatabase upgrades for more information.

   Note:

   For enterprise workspaces, if there are open connections to the BIS workspace and you attempt to run the process, it fails and rolls back to the previous release.

10. Optionally click Save log to save a text file of the messages on the Results tab.

    This can be used to review or archive the upgrade steps performed on the BIS workspace.

11. Click Close when the process completes.

All BIS users need to have the latest version of the Bathymetry Solution installed before they can access the upgraded BIS geodatabase.

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