The ArcGIS Server Administration Toolkit provides you the tools and scripts to help you administer your ArcGIS Server. These tools haven been written in Python and connect to the REST Admin of an ArcGIS Server allowing you to quickly and easily perform some common administrative functions, including: 

• Stopping, starting or deleting a service
• Renaming a service
• Modifying the log level and clearing old logs
• Upload and registering an SOE
• Creating a FeatureClass from the locations a map service was viewed at (by inspecting the logs)
• Publishing Service Definitions (.SD)

The tools inside this kit are presented in three main ways: Tools, Code, and standalone executable.

ArcGIS Server 10.1 Administration Toolkit Now Available