Vcenter services

[Fborges555]

HI.

I am looking to see if it is possible to check status of vcenter services using powercli, looking to check status of services that "service-control" have eyes on it like what is the status of vmware-vpxd and other , also if status is not running who di I restart the service .

Thanks a bunch 

[hgdeloitte]

Hi Fborges555.

I am working on something similar.  However, I cannot get the status to be returned.  Parts of this may help.

 # Reconnect to the vCenter
        Write-Host "Reconnecting to $vcenter" -ForegroundColor Green
        Connect-VIServer -Server $vcenter -Credential $VMWareCredentials -Force
        # Wait for the vCenter vmware-content-library service to start
        Write-Host "Waiting for vmware-content-library service to start on $vcenter" -ForegroundColor Green
        $vcenterServiceManager = Get-View -Id (Get-View ServiceInstance).Content.ServiceManager
        $vmwareContentLibraryService = $vcenterServiceManager.QueryServiceList() | Where-Object { $_.ServiceName -eq "com.vmware.content.library" }
        $serviceStatus = $vmwareContentLibraryService.ServiceStatus

I haven't tried this but this should start the service:

Start-Service -Name vpxd

[Fborges555]

H.

Thanks for jumping in chief, I have the same issue, status does not show/bring anything. - anyone else that has used this approach can pitch in?

we need help gurus

thanks a bunch 

[Alexandru Capras]

Hi,

Never used powercli to check vcsa services, but I found this post from @LucD with a script that dose the trick. (You'll need to install and import the Posh-SSH module.)

You can either run the script directly or wrap it in a function:

function Get-VCSAServiceStatus {
    param (
        [string]$vmName,
        [string]$user,
        [string]$pswd
    )

    $cmd = @'
service-control --status
'@

    $cred = [PSCredential]::new($user, (ConvertTo-SecureString -String $pswd -AsPlainText -Force))
    
    $session = New-SSHSession -ComputerName $vmName -Credential $cred -AcceptKey
    
    Invoke-SSHCommand -SSHSession $session -Command $cmd | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Output
    
    Remove-SSHSession -SSHSession $session | Out-Null
}

And then run it like this:

Get-VCSAServiceStatus -vmName 'vcsa.my.domain' -user 'root' -pswd 'VMware1!'