Architecture

Asking on behalf of a customer: they have a floating license in a Citrix environment and want to move FlexLM to a new license server. When they've done that is there a way to automatically update the license server name on all the clients? Registry key perhaps? FME Desktop is installed within an Applayer in Citrix and they want to avoid having to change that.

Hello,  Our current database is running on Oracle 11, and we are planning to migrate it to Oracle 19c towards the end of the year. We use the database in daily FME workflows (mainly in queries). We are wondering whether the migration will have an impact on our FME scripts. Are there risks that we should be aware of for the current used FME scripts?  Thank you Ella 

When attempting to restore FME Server from a downloaded fsconfig file, with or without "Overwrite Existing Items" selected, the restore fails with no message. When doing the restore with the backup data stored in a resource location, the restore is successful. However, this isn't an option as we are doing the backup/restore process to upgrade FME Server in place, and the uninstall process could possibly delete the backup file. Is there anything we could be doing wrong?

I have FME Desktop licensed on an air-gapped server but covid has changed my working patterns; so, for the 2 or 3 days I work from home I don't have access to my favourite software. Is there any way to borrow a license from my air-gapped server for use on a different network?

Hi, do you know if there is any incompatibility between FME Desktop and ArcGIS licence server and ArcFM licence server?

TLDR: When deploying FME Server to Azure Kubernetes Service set storage.fmeserver.size to at least 100Gi in values.yaml to meet Azure File Storage minimum requirements. When deploying FME Server to Azure Kubernetes using Azure Files as per the documentation, the default 10Gi setting fails to meet Azure minimum size requirement for a file share in a Premium_LRS type sku storage account.  The default values.yaml file has the following settings:storage:  useHostDir: false  reclaimPolicy: Delete  postgresql:    size: 1Gi    class:    path:  fmeserver:    accessMode: ReadWriteOnce    size: 10Gi    class: azurefiles-fmeserver    path:When applied, the following pods will fail to be scheduled:engine-standard-group x2corequeuewebsockedHowever fmeserver-postgresql, will be scheduled successfully and should run. Looking into a failed pods description, for example the core pod:kubectl describe pods core-0We can see the issue is due to an unmet persistent volume claim.Conditions:  Type           S

I am running FME Server 2021.0.3, Build 21326. 36 GB Memory.I ran 'systeminfo' in a cmd window:Total Physical Memory:    36'863 MBAvailable Physical Memory: 13'356 MBVirtual Memory: Max Size: 42'239 MBVirtual Memory: Available: 8'813 MBVirtual Memory: In Use:   33'426 MB I've noticed several warnings related to memory and occasionally jobs fail with this error and want to ensure I have things configured optimally.FME Configuration: Extremely low initial memory conditions detected. To improve stability and performance please increase the memory available to FME. Available memory can be increased by adding physical RAM, increasing swap space, or closing other applications.2021-7-12 14:17:28 | Failed to free sufficient memory to reach the process usage limit. To improve stability and performance please increase the memory available to FME. Available memory can be increased by adding physical RAM, increasing swap space, or closing other applications.Some cra

Hello, If I do a silent (command-line) installation of FME would it be possible to set the shared resource folder as well? I don't see a flag for it in the documentation. https://krogerfeedback.nl https://talktosonic.onl https://talktowendys.vip https://whataburgersurvey.onlSame question applies to some of the other FME options (database connections file, network proxy settings). If those could be set during a silent install it would make it easier for IT staff to run them more frequently. thanksjackyjoy

2021-7-8 08:39:28 | Unable to perform any licensing related tasks. Please check your Esri ArcGIS Compatibility setting. This 64-bit version of FME requires 64-bit Background Geoprocessing, ArcGIS Pro or ArcGIS Server. Refer to this this article http://fme.ly/qua for more details2021-7-8 08:39:28 | A fatal error has occurred. Check the logfile above for details When I run a workspace on FME server I get the error above. When It is run locally on FME Desktop it works. I Read the help on: https://community.safe.com/s/article/geodatabase-formats-missing-greyed-out-or-have-unm And have installed ArcPro, but now we are getting an error 48 2021-7-8 10:44:59 | Opening the Esri Geodatabase reader49 2021-7-8 10:45:00 | The ArcObjects license 'Advanced' is being selected from the ESRILicenseInfo ArcObjects call50 2021-7-8 10:45:00 | The Esri Product license used by this machine does not include licenses for the 'Advanced' licensing level51 2021-7-8 10:45:00 | Unable to perform any licensing relat

Core OS is running on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. NFS mount point has been verified accessible from FME server to NAS. Thanks in advance!

Not sure if it is possible but feel I can't be the only person with this question. I have a standard FME Pro install with 8 worker license. Is it possible to reserve a couple of licenses so they will always be available for certain workflows that run as a cron jobs? I basically don't want my cron tasks getting held up because other users run processes that occupy all 8 workers. 

We are migrating from FME Desktop 2014 (32-bit) and FME Server 2015 (32-bit) to FME 2020.We have our old sworldswaf.dll and sworldswaf.fmf files for Smallworld 4.3 and know we should simply copy those files into FME 2020 directories as in our FME 2014/2015. Now the question is whether we should stick to FME 32-bit or we can go and install FME 64-bit (or FME Destkop 32-bit and Server 64-bit with 64-bit engines) and keep using our old GE Smallworld files without problems.I read the documentation here but want to make sure we can't install 64-bit version of FME Server.

So I have built a basic server app that allows users to log in and run a workspace. Using the 'Require Authentication' option in the app. Created a user account and user is able to execute process.But I'm having trouble capturing the user name as part of the routine to write to a history table. In my Desktop workbench, I'm using a Published Parameter defaulting to:$(FME_SECURITY_USER)In the Server workspace, I'm not showing that particular parameter so that it can't be changed to something else. When I run it myself while logged in as 'admin', that's what gets logged. But when I have user "johnsmith" running it as, it logs NULL.  Am I missing something else? Also is there any way to leverage AD Authentication if you don't want to set up a bunch of users and require them to log in to run the app?Thanks.

@rahulsharma​ and I just troubleshoot FME Workbench not opening on a Windows 10 machine that has an NVIDIA graphics card. There were no warnings or anything when trying to get the program to open. The mouse would spin for a second and that was about it. After a lot of trial and error, we found that changing in the NVIDIA Control Panel from "High Performance" graphics to "Integrated graphics", FME opened right up without issue. Hope this helps! Make sure to add each application (even do it for the Help to actually open). If you know of a better way, I'm all ears.     

My organization is switching our license to an ESRI Edition license, but my client has Professional Edition instaled. Can I run this way while I wait to upgrade my client application?

​Main questionCan anyone advise me about the installation of the GDAL Python module and its implications on FME's Python interpretations? Can anyone share their experiences in using a different Python module within FME other than FME's Python interpreter or ArcPy? Background infoCurrently, it is not directly supported to calculate percentile values in the *StatisticsCalculator transformers of FME (e.g. also not in the RasterStatisticsCalculator). See also this Idea on the FME community.In order to still do so, I thought about using a Python script/module to perform this step. Specifically, I would like to extract the 95% percentile of pixel values in a GeoTIFF (those pixel values represent absolute height values), for portions of the GeoTIFF that overlap/intersect with 2D polygon features of building extents.  Python modules likely suitable for the task of calculating 'zonal statistics over a raster'One might use the 'Zonal Statistics As Table (Raster Analysis)' from ArcGIS Pro, which 

For my workflow, I need to expose this value in an attribute. What are my options?

The same problem occurs when starting a workspace. When using VPN, it can take 1-2 minutes just to start the workspace. Without VPN, it´s instantaneous. Any suggestions on how to solve this? I use Windows 10, 64 bit, FME 2020.0 using SCCM, fixed license.

I am trying to setup a web connection under Tools -> Manage Service -> and I don't have Esri ArcGIS Portal(template) available. Is there a file I can import or resource to build it for Enterprise Portal?  Version of desktop: FME(R) 2018.0.1.0 (20180518 - Build 18310 - WIN64)

The image of the error is attached here..Thank you as I await a solution to the issue. let me also state that FME 2018 and 2019 ARE WORKING PERFECTLY WELL on my computer except, FME 2020 AND 2021.

Hi, we want to upgrade our License Server to Windows 2019 (from Windows 2012) and are running with FlexLM v11.15.0.0. Will we need to upgrade the License Manager? Thanks!

Hi, Im working in a local government. We have a FME desktop licens (one license), only used by GIS admins.  We have a lot of users that need a tool to make easy translations between formats. I am wondering if it is possible to implement FME Quick Translater in the entire organisation, without implementing the full FME desktop?  e.g. i basically want my users to be able to right click on a dgn file - click translate with FME Quick translaetor - save the dgn to whatever new format and then open it in eg QGIS.  How could that work license wise etc.? it it possible to buy "only" the quick translate part?

In FME 2021.1, is anyone else having an issue where the feature class that FME writes is a data table, instead of a polyline?  I'm using a dynamic workflow with a FeatureWriter and the open file geodb writer on a Mac.  This was working perfectly before upgrading to test in 2021.1. 

We have FME Server 2020 build 20614 and are trying to upgrade to 2021. Unfortunately, there is no "Backup & Restore" option available anywhere in the UI. Is it hidden away somewhere we aren't looking? I am trying to follow this guide

I am trying to update an ArcOnline layer using another SDE layer. Is this possible to do live using the ArcGISOnlineConnector or would that require downloading of the SDE to update the layer.