SharePoint 2010 User Profile Synchronization connection missing

Issue Description

Last week, while I was checking the User Profile Settings in my Sharepoint 2010 farm and I noticed that on browsing to

User Profile Service Application -> Synchronization -> Configure Synchronization Connections 

-> My Synchronization Connection was empty.

I swear I have that it was always there, but below is the error message I saw

The query returns nothing.

Resolution

1. Go to Run -> services.msc

2. I checked for the service Forefront Identity Manager Services. It was not in Started state

3. Right click and Start it.

This should fix the issue.The Synchronization Connection should show up now