To start or stop an VMware Smart Assurance service, use the sm_service utility. Type the command from the BASEDIR/smarts/bin directory:
sm_service start
<service_name> [<service_name> ...]
where <service_name> is each service you need to start. GUID-7DFD5058-E8F3-4BF0-B2C3-567E58CB8F6E.html#GUID-7DFD5058-E8F3-4BF0-B2C3-567E58CB8F6E___ITOI_81_INSTALLVERIFY_14073 provides the values for <service_name> .