Managing Distributed Session Cache

In a clustered appliance environment, session information is stored in the Distributed Session Cache. To work with these sessions, use the Distributed Session Cache management page.

About this task

The Distributed Session Cache feature replaces the Session Management Server. The Session Management Server (SMS) is not supported on IBM Security Access Manager for Web Version 8 and later.

Procedure

  1. From the top menu, select the menu for your activation level.
    • Secure Web Settings > Manage > Distributed Session Cache
    • Secure Access Control > Global Settings > Distributed Session Cache
    • Secure Federation > Global Settings > Distributed Session Cache
    All replica set names and the number of sessions in each replica set are displayed.
  2. You can then view the replica set server list and manage sessions in a particular replica set.
    1. To view a list of the servers that are registered with a replica set, select the replica set and then click Servers.
    2. To manage the sessions in a replica set, select the replica set and then click Sessions.
      Tip: Typically, the list of sessions contains many entries. You can locate a session or a user faster by using the filter in the upper left corner.
      Delete a specific session
      1. Select the session to delete.
      2. Click Delete.
      3. In the confirmation window, click Delete Session.
      Delete all sessions for a user
      1. Select any session for that user.
      2. Click Delete.
      3. In the confirmation window, click Delete User.