There are three primary ways you can create geodatabases:
- Design and create a new, empty geodatabase (and subsequently define the schema and load datasets into it).
- Learn how to Create a file geodatabase and Create an enterprise geodatabase.
- Copy and modify an existing geodatabase schema (and subsequently load datasets into the copied geodatabase).
- Learn how to Copy a geodatabase using geodatabase XML workspaces .
- Create a copy of the schema and contents from an existing geodatabase.
- Learn how to Copy a geodatabase.
Before proceeding with geodatabase creation, see An overview of geodatabase data properties.