CA eTrust SiteMinder Policy Server Management

Configure the Policy Server Executives
Configure Windows Executives
For Windows, each Policy Server process is monitored by a separate executive.
Each of these executives reads the following threshold values from the \config\siteminder.conf configuration file:
SMEXEC_UPTIME_THRESHOLD
Indicates the minimum amount of time (in seconds) a Policy Server service
must run after startup before the associated executive stops monitoring
for frequent crashes. The default value for this parameter is 60 seconds.
SMEXEC_RESTART_THRESHOLD
Indicates the maximum number of times the executive attempts to restart
a service in the time specified by the SMEXEC_UPTIME_THRESHOLD
parameter. If a service crashes more than the number of attempts
specified by this parameter, the executive stops attempting to restart the
service. The default value for this parameter is five attempts.
To change the threshold parameters, edit the siteminder.conf file and restart
the Policy Server processes.
Configure the UNIX Executive
For UNIX, the Policy Server and Health Monitor processes are monitored by a
single executive. The executive reads its settings from the following
configuration file:
/config/siteminder.conf
You can edit this file to change the following settings:
POLICYSERVER_ENABLED
Indicates the state of the Policy Server process when the executive starts
running. Set this parameter to YES to enable the process at executive
startup.
MONITOR_ENABLED
Indicates the state of the health monitor process when the executive starts
running. Set this parameter to YES to enable the process at executive
startup.
SMEXEC_UPTIME_THRESHOLD
Indicates the minimum amount of time (in seconds) a Policy Server service
must run after startup before the associated executive stops monitoring
for frequent crashes. The default value for this parameter is 60.
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