Stop and Restart the Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Synchronization Service
For this procedure, you can use Services or the net command-line tool in Windows Server 2008 to stop and start the Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Synchronization Service. By default, the Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Synchronization Service is started during operating system boot and stopped during operating system shutdown. To perform this procedure, you must be logged on with an account that has stop and start service rights.
To stop and restart the FIM Synchronization Service using the Windows interface
Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Services.
In Services, right-click Forefront Identity Manager Synchronization Service, then click Stop.
To start, right-click Forefront Identity Manager Synchronization Service, and then click Start.
To stop and restart the FIM Synchronization Service using the command line
Open a command prompt.
Type: net [stop | start] FIMSynchronizationService
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
stop |
Stops the FIMSynchronizationService service |
start |
Starts the FIMSynchronizationService service |
Note
When stopping the Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Synchronization Service while a management agent is running, processing ends after the current processing batch is completed and any remaining processes are then released from memory. This is the same behavior that occurs when you click Stop in Management Agents.
Note
If you stop the service while deleting all connector space objects for a management agent, all objects will be deleted before stopping the service.