Is there anything I should do before upgrading my existing SDE 3.x database to ArcSDE 8.0.2 for MS SQL Server?

The sderelease -o upgrade command is an process-intensive operation that will take time and resources. You should back up your entire database before invoking it. You'll also need to increase the size of your database and log file.

You must execute sderelease -o upgrade as 'sysadmin' (sderelease -o upgrade -p.

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