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SiteMinder Cache Management Dialog Fields and Controls

All Caches Group Box

Flush All button

Flushes all Policy Server and associated SiteMinder Agents caches: policy store, user sessions, resource information, and user directory caches, including certificate CRLs. This process takes up to twice the time specified by your policy server poll interval while the Policy Server synchronizes caches.

Note: Consider the following:

• To flush the policy store cache, enable the FlushObjCache registry key. If this key is not enabled, the policy store cache is not flushed.
• Flushing all caches may adversely affect access times for protected resources, since all requests immediately following the cache flush must retrieve information from user directories and the policy store. However, this action may be necessary if critical user privileges and policy changes must go into effect immediately.

User Session Caches Group Box

All radio button

If selected, all user sessions will be removed from the user cache when you click the Flush button.

Specific User DN radio button

If selected, the DN specified using the associated Directory and DN controls will be removed from the user cache when you click the Flush button.

Directory drop down list

Specifies the user directory that contains the DN you want to flush from the user cache.

DN field

Specifies the distinguished name you want to flush from the user cache. If you select this option, you must specify a user’s DN, not a group’s DN. If you do not know the DN, click the Lookup button to search for the DN. For information about searching for a DN, see the SiteMinder Policy Design Guide.

Flush button

Depending on the radio button selected above, flushes all users or a specific DN from the user cache. This process takes up to twice the time specified by your policy server poll interval while the Policy Server synchronizes caches.

Resource Caches Group Box

Flush button

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.