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services.sh restart
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<br />
this is a script which restarts ALL the ESXi host services, which includes hostd and vpxa.<br />
<br />

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/etc/init.d/hostd restart
</blockquote>
<br />
restarts vmware-hostd service - this is an app which runs in the service console responsible for most of the functions in ESXi.<br />
<br />

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/etc/init.d/vpxa restart
</blockquote>
<br />
restarts the vCenter Server Agent Service - vmware-vpxa service - this communicates with vCenter Server, and communicates with hostd service/app.
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> services.sh restart


this is a script which restarts ALL the ESXi host services, which includes hostd and vpxa.



> /etc/init.d/hostd restart


restarts vmware-hostd service - this is an app which runs in the service console responsible for most of the functions in ESXi.



> /etc/init.d/vpxa restart


restarts the vCenter Server Agent Service - vmware-vpxa service - this communicates with vCenter Server, and communicates with hostd service/app.

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- So which of the commands above will &nbsp;restart the Management Agent of ESX ?<br />
<br />
- I believe if Management Agent of ESX is restarted , it will not impact any running VMs, it will just disconnect ESX from vCenter or the other way around.......<br />
&nbsp;Correct ?
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- So which of the commands above will  restart the Management Agent of ESX ?

- I believe if Management Agent of ESX is restarted , it will not impact any running VMs, it will just disconnect ESX from vCenter or the other way around.......
 Correct ?

jskfan

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Restart Management Agent on ESX.<br />
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Anyone to expalin the difference between running<br />
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/etc/init.d/hostd restart <b>and / or</b> /etc/init.d/vpxa restart<br />
<br />
and this command: services.sh restart<br />
<br />
Thank you
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Restart Management Agent on ESX.

Anyone to expalin the difference between running

/etc/init.d/hostd restart and / or /etc/init.d/vpxa restart

and this command: services.sh restart

Thank you

Restart Management Agent on ESX.

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.