You find yourself in a position to have to restart the DCS services on an agent
Data Center Security Server Agents 6.7+
Restarting Windows services
Using an admin command prompt, navigate to the following directory and execute the batch file with the appropriate flag:
"InstallDirectory":\Program Files (x86)\Symantec\Data Center Security Server\Agent\IPS\tools\sdcss_agent_mgmt.bat
sdcss_agent_mgmt.bat -ids
sdcss_agent_mgmt.bat -ips
sdcss_agent_mgmt.bat –util
OR
Navigate to the Windows services screen and select to start/stop/restart the services via the console window( run services.msc)
Restarting Unix Services
Check for running services in terminal window:
ps -ef | grep sis
6601 1 0 Sep10 ? 00:03:05 /opt/Symantec/sdcssagent/AMD/bin/sisamddaemon
7476 1 0 Sep10 ? 00:07:48 /opt/Symantec/sdcssagent/IDS/bin/sisidsdaemon
7622 1 0 Sep10 ? 00:03:53 /opt/Symantec/sdcssagent/IPS/bin/sisipsdaemon
7673 1 0 Sep10 ? 00:00:00 /opt/Symantec/sdcssagent/IPS/bin/sisipsutildaemon
Start and stop IDS/IPS service on Linux:
service sisipsagent stop/start/status
service sisidsagent stop/start/status
service sisipsutil stop/start/status
service sisamddaemon stop/start/status
Note: If a service get terminated expectantly then there is built in code that will start the service back up automatically