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Experiencing issues connecting to an ESXi host from vCenter Server?

A good place to start your troubleshooting is by restarting the ESXi management agents.

The following method uses the CLI option SSH/Local console to restart an ESXi host management agents:

/etc/init.d/hostd restart
/etc/init.d/vpxa restart

 To restart all management agents on the host, run the command:

services.sh restart

View a list of all management agents restarted as part of the ‘services.sh restart’ cmd:

chkconfig --io

[root@ESXi01:~] chkconfig --io
/etc/init.d/vsanmgmtd
/etc/init.d/vsanObserver
/etc/init.d/vsantraced
/etc/init.d/vsandevicemonitord
/etc/init.d/ntpd
/etc/init.d/SSH
/etc/init.d/DCUI
/etc/init.d/swapobjd
/etc/init.d/usbarbitrator
/etc/init.d/vvold
/etc/init.d/sdrsInjector
/etc/init.d/vmfstraced
/etc/init.d/storageRM
/etc/init.d/rhttpproxy
/etc/init.d/hostd
/etc/init.d/nfcd
/etc/init.d/lbtd
/etc/init.d/sensord
/etc/init.d/rabbitmqproxy
/etc/init.d/slpd
/etc/init.d/dcbd
/etc/init.d/cdp
/etc/init.d/smartd
/etc/init.d/nscd
/etc/init.d/lacp
/etc/init.d/memscrubd
/etc/init.d/vobd
/etc/init.d/vpxa
/etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog
/etc/init.d/snmpd
/etc/init.d/sfcbd
/etc/init.d/wsman
/etc/init.d/xorg
/etc/init.d/vmsyslogd
/etc/init.d/vmtoolsd

Confirm what agents are running:

chkconfig --list

[root@ESXi01:~] chkconfig --list
vsanmgmtd on
vsanObserver on
vsantraced on
vsandevicemonitord on
ntpd on
SSH on
DCUI on
ESXShell off
ddecomd off
clomd off
cmmdsd off
epd off
vsanvpd off
swapobjd on
osfsd off
usbarbitrator on
vvold on
sdrsInjector on
iofiltervpd off
vmfstraced on
storageRM on
rhttpproxy on
hostd on
nfcd on
lbtd on
sensord on
pcscd off
vprobed off
rabbitmqproxy on
nfsgssd off
slpd on
dcbd on
cdp on
smartd on
nscd on
lacp on
memscrubd on
vobd on
vpxa on
lwsmd off
sfcbd-watchdog on
snmpd on
sfcbd on
wsman on
xorg on
vmsyslogd on
vmtoolsd on