I had looked for a solution to this issue on another thread without success (https://community.esri.com/thread/50972). I've been seeing "Service 'System/PublishingTools.GPServer' not found" in my ArcGIS Server Manager log when trying to publish services from ArcMap, ArcCatalog, or service definition files with ArcGIS Server Manager. It appears that the issue may have began when our enterprise systems engineers changed the IP address on the ArcGIS virtual server. We are running ArcGIS for Server and Web Adaptor 10.2.2. The services we have had difficulty publishing are stored in a file geodatabase on a different virtual machine. I can access both virtual machines as an administrator or I can log in with the ArcGIS user account but the issue is the same either way. The ArcGIS user account has read, execute, and modify privileges to the parent folder of the file geodatabase and MXD file. I have been using a connection that points to the GIS Server and the System\Publishing Tools Geoprocessing Service is, in fact, running. I've opened up all of the services, including system services, to "Public, available to everyone." The security configuration settings follow: User Store: ArcGIS Server Built-in Role Store: ArcGIS Server Built-in Authentication Tier: GIS Server Authentication Mode: ArcGIS Tokens I've tried various security configuration settings without any success (https://community.esri.com/thread/50149). Another post indicates that the type of authentication used makes a difference in relation to the URL used to publish the service but that discussion seems to suggest that publishing a service definition file in ArcGIS Server Manager finally worked (https://community.esri.com/thread/82184). I didn't find the files named 'dsconnections.lst' or 'hostidentifier.properties' on my VM so no way to make any changes there. I've done several searches for any remnants of the old IP address on the VM but it appears that I've successfully changed all references to the new IP. Still, no success publishing services.
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