Start and stop services

Starting and stopping services are common actions you'll need to perform when administering ArcGIS Server. For example, you may need to stop a service to change some of its properties and start it again for the changes to take effect.

Start a service in Manager

Starting a service makes it available for client access. When you start a service, the server instantiates the minimum number of instances you specified. As clients request the service, the server returns an available instance. If none are currently available, the server instantiates more instances to meet demand until the maximum number of instances is reached. At this point, any new clients that make a request for the service are placed in a queue for the next available instance.

1. Start ArcGIS Server Manager and sign in. If you need help with this step, see Log in to Manager.
2. Click Services > Manage Services. The Manage Services module appears.
3. Click the Start button . The service you selected in the module will start. If the Start button is unavailable, it means the service has already been started and is currently running.

Stop a service in Manager

When you stop a service, the server immediately removes all instances of that service from the server. This frees up any machine resources that were dedicated to the service. Clients that were using the service may fail to work properly because the service is no longer available.

1. Start ArcGIS Server Manager and sign in. If you need help with this step, see Log in to Manager.
2. Click Services > Manage Services. The Manage Services module appears.
3. Click the Stop button . The service you selected in the module will stop. If the Stop button is unavailable, it means the service is currently stopped.

Start or stop a service in ArcMap

ArcMap also offers a menu with commands to start and stop services. To access these commands, follow the steps below:

1. In the Catalog tree, expand the GIS Servers node.
2. Double-click Add ArcGIS Server and click Administer GIS server to establish an administrative connection to the server. If you have this connection set up, you can skip this step. For instructions on how to connect, see Connect to ArcGIS Server from ArcGIS Desktop.
3. Within your connection to ArcGIS Server, right-click your service to reveal a menu for starting and stopping the service. Alternatively, you can display the ArcGIS Server Tools toolbar that contains these same operations.