ArcPy 10.1 StageService fails

Question

Hi,

When executing the line arcpy.StageService_server(sddraft, sd) in ArcPy 10.1 using both PythonWin and VS2012 it fails with the error:
ERROR:root:ERROR 001269: Compressing the service definition failed.

I have noticed that this error is mentioned in the link thus it is not very helpful: 
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00vp0000002r001269

The folder where the service definition is being written has all the appropriate permission.
If I execute the script inside ArcMap or ArcGIS for Server the line works just fine.

Can I have more help here?

Cheers,
Jose

ChrisPedrezuela · Answer

Hi Jose,

I've tried out this update script straight from our 10.3 documentation help files, it fails on 64bit and successful in 32bit python. I'm using python 2.7.8. I just find it weird that this particular function in the arcpy library fails in 64bit python while the rest works fine like creating SD drafts.

dimesv · Answer

Hi Lucas,

Yes. It was a conflict between versions. Thanks for pointing me to that.

I had installed AGS for Desktop which uses the 32 bits version of Python. Then installed PythonWin (and other stuff for other IDE's) for 32 bits OS. Then installed the ArcGIS Background Geoprocessing for Desktop 64 bits and it seems like it changed the Python version used for all IDE's. So when I tested these IDE's for the Python version (not the arcpy version) they were using the 64 bits version while 
ArcGIS for Desktop was still using the 32 bits as expected.

After uninstalling, the ArcGIS Background Geoprocessing for Desktop and reinstalling all the IDE components that used Python (e.g. IronPython) everything is working properly.

It is a bit odd though that the desktop libraries coming with the AGS background geoprocessing setup causes this issue as AGS for Server is running arcpy on 64 bits and seems to work fine ...

Cheers,
Jose
Esri NZ

SchoppMatthieu · Answer

Hi,
The only case I've got stuck with that was because the "enabling SOE debugging" option was enabled (see attachment). For some reasons when the SOE debugging option is enabled, then the "Publishing Tool" geoprocessing service fails. Otherwise, check the ArcGIS Server logs, it must be saying  something about it.

Debugging.png