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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I just want to share this experience so that those who are planning to make this upgrade move will spare a little more time to plan.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It appears that the upgrade from version 10.0 to 10.1 is quite a challenge, especially when there are apps, map services, and SDE database involved. I found out this by a mistake in following an ESRI suggestion to upgrade the ArcGIS server to 10.1 and that server upgrade opens a huge can of worms --- <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(1) all the map services are dead/gone, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(2) the apps are dead (no easy migration tools), <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(3) have to upgrade my desktop to 10.1 in order for the desktop to connect to ArcGIS server and recreate the services. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(4) desktop upgrade requires license manager upgrade which will pull another string to rattle …<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(5) new web services requires the entire SDE database (not feather datasets) to be registered and … or no services will be published. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For so many years, ESRI can seem to be able to make things right in the first place. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yurong Tan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>US Dept of Veterans Affairs (OIG)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gainesville, FL<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(352) 337-2375<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>