Restarting ESXI host Services using Shell

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May 25, 20131 min read

Restarting management services on a VMware ESXi host with services.sh restart, a useful recovery step when the host web console stops responding.

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Restarting ESXI host Services using Shell

Restarting ESXI Services through the Shell is very useful when you have a unresponsive client or web console:

services.sh restart

Restarting ESXI host Services using Shell

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