Here are some of the more common questions asked regarding Admin Tools for Portal:
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Q: How many licenses will I need? Do you scale by the number of named users?
A: We do not license by number of named users. Licenses to Admin Tools are purchased by number of owned Portals. For example, If you have separate Development, Pre-production, and Production Portals, and you you would like to use Admin Tools for Portal on each of those Portals for Administration or Administration, or content migration via cloning, three licenses would be required.
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Q: Where should Admin Tools be Installed?
A: It is usually fine to install Admin Tools for Portal on the same machine that runs the actual ArcGIS Enterprise.
Q: If using dedicated servers for Admin Tools for Portal, do you have certificate requirements?
A: No. There are no certificate requirements.
Q: If using dedicated servers for Admin Tools for Portal, is a dedicated server per environment required, or can one “Admin Tools” server work for multiple environments?
A: One Admin Tools installation will suffice, provided we know all the various portals it will need to be able to connect to for the build process.
Q: Do you need the DNS and hostnames of the federated ArcGIS Servers and Datastores?
A: We only need the portal Hostnames and DNS, not any federated arcgis servers linked to them.
Q: Can you tell me how to Install Admin Tools for Portal?
A: Absolutely. Please see our Admin Tools for Portal Installation Guide.
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