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Flush Resource Caches

SiteMinder Agents cache information about specific resources accessed by users in a resource cache. This cache records the following:

• Record of the Resources that have been accessed by users
• Whether or not the resources are protected by SiteMinder
• If a resource is protected, how the resource is protected

If you change rules or realms, you may want the changes to take effect immediately. If so, you must flush the resource cache. To flush the resource cache for a specific realm, see the SiteMinder Policy Design Guide. To flush the resource cache of all resources, you should perform the procedure described below.

To flush resource caches

1. Log into the Policy Server User Interface.
2. From the menu bar of the SiteMinder Administration window, select Tools, Manage Cache.

   The SiteMinder Cache Management dialog box opens.

3. In the Resource Caches group box, click Flush.

   Note: For an administrator with the Manage Domain Objects privilege for specific policy domains, flushing all resource caches only flushes the caches for the realms within the administrator’s policy domains. For information about administrative privileges, see the SiteMinder Policy Design Guide.

   This flushes all resource caches and forces Web Agents to authorize requests against the Policy Server. This process will take up to twice the time specified by your policy server poll interval while the Policy Server synchronizes caches.

   Note: For information about flushing cached information for a specific resource, see the SiteMinder Policy Design Guide.

4. Click OK.