The ArcGIS admin toolkit contains a number of tools and scripts to administer ArcGIS Server and Desktop. The following tools are available:

Caches a map service by either creating a new cache from scratch using a configuration file or by updating an existing cache.

Checks ArcGIS server site and services and reports if site is down and/or particular service is down. This tool should be setup as an automated task on the server.

Checks ArcGIS server service or folder for any permission changes.

Restarts the windows service specified.

• Needs to be run as administrator.

Imports a list of users provided in a CSV file to ArcGIS server, assigning to roles and setting default password.

• Restores an ArcGIS server site from a backup file.
• Creates a site if no site has been created, otherwise will overwrite previous site.
• Restores the license.
• Need to include data in map service OR make sure referenced data is in same place.
• The arcgisserver directories need to be in the same file path on the restore server as the backup server.
• Does not include map caches
• Need to have ArcGIS for Server and ArcGIS web adaptor for IIS installed (if wanting to restore web adaptor).

Starts or stops GIS services. Can start/stop all GIS services for an ArcGIS server site or just the ones that are specified.

Generates a CSV file with statistics around how often services are being used and how well they are performing in the ArcGIS server site.

Runs a configurable query against a map service and produces a report on draw times at specified scales.

Checks a map service for instance usage and performance. This tool should be setup as an automated task on the server.

• Needs to be run as administrator.
• Need to install WMI python package.

• Automate the administration process.
• Maintain geodatabase performance.
• Setup map caching as a scheduled task.
• Monitor ArcGIS Server site.
• Backup and restore site configurations.
• Start or stop GIS services
• Get ArcGIS server performance statistics.

• Python for ArcGIS installed. Version required is specified in the comments section of each individual script.

• Tools can be run from the operating system command prompt (stand-alone), in a Python IDE or as a geoprocessing script tool.
• Setup a script to run as a scheduled task
  • Fork and then clone the repository or download the .zip file.
  • Edit the batch file to be automated and change the parameters to suit your environment.
  • Open Windows Task Scheduler and setup a new basic task.
  • Set the task to execute the batch file at a specified time.

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