The Geodatabase Toolset (GDBT) for ArcCatalog provides the tools to assist you with monitoring, investigating, and reporting the performance of your multiuser geodatabase . With the GDBT, you can monitor the day-to-day health of your geodatabase and better investigate performance issues.

The GDBT works with geodatabases stored on SQL Server, Oracle, Informix, DB2, or PostgreSQL databases. It provides a wide variety of information including:

• The total number of rows in the add and delete tables
• Users connected to the geodatabase and locked schemas
• A graphic of the state tree lineage
• Detailed information of a features class spatial index
• Parent-child relationships between versions for version management
• Table and Index Statistics for geodatabase stored in an Oracle database

GDBT for ArcMap, which provides geodatabase monitoring, investigating, and reporting tools for ArcMap, will be available in Q4 of 2009.

The GDBT provides the ability to visualize the state lineage tree.

System Requirements

The Geodatabase Toolset is built on top of ESRI's desktop technology and works with ArcInfo , ArcEditor , and ArcView .

System requirements are determined by the current product version and platform configuration you are using. Refer to the ArcGIS Desktop specifications for ArcInfo, ArcEditor, and ArcView.

GDBT for ArcGIS 9.3/9.3.1

Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 and the ESRI .NET Support Feature for ArcGIS are required to successfully install the Geodatabase Toolset.

GDBT for ArcGIS 9.2

Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 and the ESRI .NET Support Feature for ArcGIS are required to successfully install the Geodatabase Toolset.

GDBT for ArcGIS 9.1

Microsoft .NET Framework Version 1.1 and the ESRI .NET Support Feature for ArcGIS are required to successfully install the Geodatabase Toolset.