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Start and Stop Policy Server Services on Windows Systems

To start or stop Policy Server services on Windows systems:

• On the Management Console Status tab, click the Start or Stop button.
• Use the Windows Services dialog, which you can access from the Windows Start Menu using Settings, Control Panel, Services. When you start or stop a Policy Server process, the associated executive starts or stops.
• You can stop the policy server from the command line using smpolicysrv:

  installation_path\siteminder\bin\smpolicysrv -stop
  

Note: On Windows systems, do not run the smpolicysrv command from a remote desktop or Terminal Services window. The smpolicysrv command depends on inter-process communications that do not work if you run the smpolicysrv process from a remote desktop or Terminal Services window.

Important! Before running a CA SiteMinder® utility or executable on Windows Server 2008, open the command-line window with administrator permissions. Open the command-line window this way, even if your account has administrator privileges.