cannot open server.properties - HTTP Status 404 /arcgis/rest: The requested resource (/arcgis/rest/) is not available

I recently faced this issue in ArcGIS Server Java 931.  I have installed server 931 and tested the REST services, it was working fine.

But the next day, i am not sure what happened or change in the server machine.  If I hit the
http://hostname:8399/arcgis/rest/services

It is showing "Not available".. in the error log (..prgfiles/arcgis/..java/../log), it shows the following error as Sever
e "cannot open server.properties".

I tried all the suggestions given in the ESRI site, nothing working.. Finally, I did post install once again, now it is working.

TeleAtlas Multinet - Merging NA gecoding files.

TeleAtlas Multinet version provides the geocoding shapes for all states in US and Canada.  I merged around 5 gc shp files.. but the results in the attributes were not merged properly.  The attribute data are mixed with different columns.

My friend suggested me to create a File Geodatabase through Catalog and then try to merge all gc shp files of North America............   It worked fine..... no issue after merging and compressed well...

From the ESRI sites, it seems that the shape file has the limitation of 2GB..

Anyhow, I learned a new thing, and thought share with you all......

http://esritomcat:8080/ServiceHandler/

Test environment:
I have created the virtual directory for map server (cache) as "http://test.domain.com/arcgis/server/arcgiscache"

While running the java application i am getting in the source of the page as
EsriMapSourceTile("http://test.domain.com/arcgis/server/MapServiceName.........")
I am able to see the map tiles in the web.

QA environment.
Similarly i have given the virtual directory as "http://qa.domain.com/arcgis/server/arcgiscache"

But in the web page source i am getting "EsriMapSourceTile("http://esritomcat:8080/ServiceHandler/...." Also, it is showing the blank screen.


Solution:

Check the host file entry.. there should be an entry of qa.domain.com in the host file.. (c:\windows\systesm32\drivers\etc)

Changing the location of mapcache

a) You may need to post install with domain account
b) any machine could have the cache, but the domain account should have access to that machine.. give full rights to the domain account for that map cache folder
c) one time cache creation is enough, you could move anywhere.
e) use unified naming convention to access the map cache folder (\\machine2\arcgisserver\arcgiscache)
d) use arcgis server manager to change the cache directories.. dont use arccatalog
e) but ensure that the map cache directory are addeded in the server using arccatalog.

For more help, ping me vadivelan.gis@gmail.com.