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Manage IBM® Sametime® servers and users to ensure proper access to the features in your deployment.
Starting and stopping servers in a Sametime® deployment
An IBM® Sametime® deployment is made of up several component servers that can be started and stopped independently.
Starting a Sametime® Gateway Server cluster
When starting a cluster for the first time, you must start the deployment manager, node agents, and XMPP proxy server first. Then start all Sametime® Gateway Servers in the cluster.
Stopping and starting the Sametime®Gateway deployment manager
Stop and start the deployment manager for a Sametime® Gateway server or cluster.

Stopping and starting the SametimeGateway deployment manager

Stop and start the deployment manager for a Sametime® Gateway server or cluster.

Procedure

On the deployment manager, log in to the IBM® WebSphere® Integrated Solutions Console as the WebSphere administrator.
Open a command window and navigate to the profile_root\bin directory.

For information about paths, see Directory conventions.
Run the following command to stop or start the deployment manager:
Note: Stopping a server requires that you include the WebSphere administrator credentials on the command line as shown.

Linux™:
```
./stopManager.sh -username WAS_admin_username -password WAS_admin_password
```
```
./startManager.sh
```
Windows™:
```
stopManager.bat -username WAS_admin_username -password WAS_admin_password
```
```
startManager.bat
```