003308: This service definition file (.sd) was staged to overwrite an existing service if found on the server. To publish a new service, stage a .sd with a unique name or provide a new name in override service properties.

Description

Uploading the service definition file may overwrite an existing service because the service definition file was created in one of the following ways:

• When overwriting a web layer.
• When using Python to create a service definition draft, the overwriteExistingService property was set to True. For an example, see FeatureSharingDraft.

Note:

Before overwriting an existing service, review Considerations when overwriting web layers.

Solution

Do one of the following:

• Ignore the warning if there is no existing service.
• Publish a new service:
  • On the Upload Service Definition tool dialog box, under Override Service Properties, specify a new name for Service Name. This overrides the current service name in the service definition.
  • Change the service name in the service definition draft file (.sddraft) and use the Stage Service tool to stage a new service definition.

See Introduction to arcpy.sharing and the Upload Service Definition tool help for more information.