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-D4431D70-8E09-41D4-A842-9A3B6BD8115D.html#GUID-D4431D70-8E09-41D4-A842-9A3B6BD8115D___SMARTS_INSTALLVERIFY_14073 provides a list of service names.