script to stop ArcGIS Server service

Question

I've used the following script to start/stop the AGS windows service, standalone and in models, so I can do some data management with very little downtime.  This script worked find in 10.0 but doesn't work in 10.1 now.  The name of the windows service changed and is reflected in the script but it does not start/stop the service as expected.  I can't seem to find out what changed in 10.1 that made this not work, nor can I find any alternative that makes any sense to me.  I need it to be a script without any prompts.  I've seen posts about stopping individual services but I don't see the need to do that when I can stop it all through the windows service instead...and much faster....plus all those scripts prompted for service name.   Anyone know what is wrong with this code now?

Thanksimport os
import arcpy
os.system('sc \\MachineName stop "ArcGIS Server"')

EricGardecki · Answer

It turns out it was definitely a permissions thing.  My user account wasn't able to stop the service.  Once adjusted it works as intended.

Thanks

EricGardecki · Answer

same result.   Any other thoughts?   Is it possibly a permissions issue with the service?  That's the only thing that jumps out at me as the service is set to logon as the AGS admin account instead of local system.

thanks

jskinner · Answer

Create a new txt file and place the following command within the file:

sc \<server> stop "ArcGIS Server"

Save the txt file and rename it to .bat.  Then, try executing the os.system command in python to run the batch file.  Ex:import os
os.system(r"C:	emp	est.bat")