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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! If you are running a SiteMinder utility or executable on Windows Server 2008, be sure to open the command–line window with Administrator permissions, even if you are logged into the system as an Administrator. For more information, see the release notes for your SiteMinder component.