Restart Management Agent on ESX / ESXi

Restart Management Agent on ESX / ESXi

To restart the management agents on ESX host:

1. Log in to your ESX Server as root from either an SSH session or directly from the console of the server.
2. Type service mgmt-vmware restart.
   
3. Press Enter.
4. Type service vmware-vpxa restart.
5. Press Enter.
6. Type logout and press Enter to disconnect from the ESX host.

If this process is successful, it appears as:

[root@server]# service mgmt-vmware restart
Stopping VMware ESX Server Management services:
VMware ESX Server Host Agent Watchdog [ OK ]
VMware ESX Server Host Agent [ OK ]
Starting VMware ESX Server Management services:
VMware ESX Server Host Agent (background) [ OK ]
Availability report startup (background) [ OK ]
[root@server]# service vmware-vpxa restart
Stopping vmware-vpxa: [ OK ]
Starting vmware-vpxa: [ OK ]
[root@server]#

To restart the management agents on ESXi:

1. Connect to the console of your ESXi Server.
2. Press F2 to customize the system.
3. Login as root.
4. Using the Up/Down arrows navigate to Restart Management Agents.
5. Press Enter.
6. Press F11 to restart the services.
7. When the service has been restarted, press Enter.
8. Press Esc to logout of the system.