ArcGIS Developer Help

IDataServerManager Interface

Provides access to the DataServerManager object.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

When To Use

Use this interface to initialize and connect to a Database Server. Once connected, depending on your permissions level, you can perform administration tasks, get properties of the server and create and open geodatabases on the server.

Members

	Name	Description
	AvailableMemory	The total available memory (MB).
	Connect	Connects to an initialized Data Server.
	CreateConnectionFile	Create a Data Server connection file.
	DataServerClass	The server class.
	DataServerType	The type of data server.
	Disconnect	Disconnects from the Data Server.
	InitFromFile	Initializes a saved connection to the GIS Data Server.
	IsConnected	Indicates whether the server is connected or not.
	ProductName	The product name.
	ProductVersion	The product version.
	ServerName	The data server name.

Classes that implement IDataServerManager

Classes	Description
DataServerManager	Object to administer a Data Server.

[C#]

The IDataServerManager interface allows you perform general operations on a Database Server, such as Connect or Disconnect, etc. To connect to a Database Server, you must first initialize the DataServerManager by setting the ServerName property or the InitFromFile method:

dataserverManager.ServerName = "minnie\\sqlexpress";
dataserverManager.InitFromFile ("C:\\Documents and Settings\\bobm\\Application Data\\ESRI\\ArcCatalog\\minnie_SQLEXPRESS.GDS");

Operations performed on the server service itself, such as stopping and starting the server, must be performed will disconnected from the server.

// The following code example demonstrates how to establish a connection to a database server in order
// to open an existing workspace\geodatabase
public void esriDataSourcesGDB__IDataServerManager()
{
    // Create a Data Server Manager object
    IDataServerManager dataserverManager = new DataServerManagerClass();
    dataserverManager.ServerName = "minnie\\sqlexpress";

dataserverManager.Connect();

    // Create a new workspace name object for the geodatabase we want to open
    IDataServerManagerAdmin dataservermanagerAdmin = (IDataServerManagerAdmin)dataserverManager;
    IWorkspaceName workspaceName = dataservermanagerAdmin.CreateWorkspaceName ("Landbase", "VERSION", "dbo.DEFAULT");

    // Open the workspace
    IName name = (IName)workspaceName;
    IWorkspace workspace = (IWorkspace)name.Open();
}