SharePoint 2010/2013: How to switch from "Stopping" mode to "Start" in User Profile Service Application

Hi All,

I had spent more than days to find out solution for how to make User Profile Service application from Stopping to Start mode.

After digging a lot, I got some commands to get a solution.
Here are the steps to move UPS from "Stopping" mode to "Start" mode.

Step 1: Using command line get the PID for FIMSSynchronizationService

sc queryex FIMSynchronizationService

Step 2: After that, you need to run following command to kill the sync process:

taskkill /f /pid 14376

Step 3: Using power shell command stop the user profile sync service. For that it requires service GUID.

user below command to get GUID

Get-spserviceinstance

Step 4: Finally, run below PS command to stop the service.

Stop-spserviceinstance GUID

Hope this save time for someone else.

Cheers

Suresh