Hi Community,
I am developing a workbench which is reading and writing data to ArcSDE Geodatabase. As per the information which is available in the Knowledge base I need to have ArcGIS Enterprise(Server) Software to be installed and Licensed in the same machine of FME Flow installation. Here my question is: If I have the ArcGIS Server License which is installed in some other machine, can I assign the License with the FME Flow machine?
When FME Flow connects to ArcGIS (SDE), ArcGIS server must be installed AND licensed on the same FME flow Engine service machine. The ArcGIS version must be compatible with FME: Notes on FME and Esri Versions and Compatibility.
More information on using FME Flow with ESRI ArcGIS software is available in this link
It is hard to give a correct response on this, because legally you are only allowed to install FME server and ArcGIS Enterprise on the same machine.
It is technically possible to install ArcGIS Pro with a standalone license on the same machine as FME server, and I have seen posts where users were told (not by Safe employees) the were allowed to do this as they already had Enterprise installed.
The link above states the following about fme flow being able to read esri formats:
There are a couple of options here.
One is to install a FME Flow Engine on the ArcGIS Server host. Then route the Esri jobs via a separate FME Flow Queue to the remote Esri Engine.
The second option is, if applicable, to use the Readers/Writers for Esri ArcGIS Portal (or Esri ArcGIS Online) Feature Services. Then you don’t need a Esri Server license, i.e.you can run the FME Engine on any host available. However, for bulk loading large datasets I would go with the first option.
The answer to my question is available in the below link.
https://support.safe.com/s/article/using-fme-server-with-esri-software
