Way 2. Restart vCenter services from command-line To restart vCenter services using command line, please follow the steps: 1. Log in as an administrator through an SSH or console session on the vCenter Server Appliance. Note: Detailed information aboutenabling SSHfor VMware vCenter. ...
Using CLI : Connect to the host via the command line using Secure Shell (SSH) or the direct console. Note: For more information on the procedure to access ESXi host using SSH, please refer the following KB :Using ESXi Shell in ESXi (broadcom.com) Run the command: esxcfg-advcfg -s se...
One of our servers in a cluster experienced an issue this morning. It can't be managed through vCenter or directly to the server with vSphere Client. SSH is...
The SSH session to the ESX/ESXi host becomes unresponsive. hostd fails to restart. Neither of these commands restart hostd successfully on an ESXi/ESX host: ./sbin/services.sh ./etc/init.d/hostd restart Environment VMware ESXi 4.0.x EmbeddedVMware vSphere ESXi 5.0VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1VMware...
If you need torestart vCenter Server servicesfrom the command line, you can do so by typing these commands into the terminal. 1. Log in as root through an SSH or console session on the vCenter Server Appliance. 2. Run this command to enable the shell (Note: This command is applicable...
Restart Management Agents ESXi Impact. A look at how to restart ESXi management agents, the impact, and cautions to note
In the following video, I demonstrate how to list running and stopped services on vCenter Server as well as starting the vmcam service (Authentication Proxy) using the –start parameter. As always, you’ll need to SSH to vCSA using something like putty or similar. Log in as root and type...
1. Log in to your ESXi host as root. 2. In the Navigation pane, access to Host >> Manage, and select the Services tab. 3. Right-click the vpxa service and, in the context menu, select Restart. If you cannot open VMware Host Client, you can use remote SSH to restart VMware vCent...