restarting the management agents in esxi

[april14507]

Will restarting the management agent in esxi need to shut down vms on the host?

Please advise!

Thank you!

[daphnissov]

No, restarting vpxa and hostd can be done without affecting VMs.

[april14507]

thank you!

[HassanAlKak88]

Hello,

Restarting Management agents will not have any impact for the guest VM's running.

Restarting Management agents will stop/terminate the current running process in the host (Cloning, Image backup (VCB), vMotion, .....).

To restart Management Agent in ESXi using Console, follow the below:

1. Connect to the console of your ESXi host.
2. Press F2 to customize the system.
3. Log in as root.
4. Navigate to Troubleshooting Options > Restart Management Agents.
5. Press Enter.
6. Press F11 to restart the services.
7. When the service restarts, press Enter.
8. Press Esc to log out.

You can use SSH and run the below command:

    /etc/init.d/hostd restart

     /etc/init.d/vpxa restart

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Cheers,

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[april14507]

thank you very much!