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Stopping, starting, or restarting vCenter services

Purpose

For troubleshooting and maintenance purposes, it may be necessary to change the status of VirtualCenter / vCenter services such as VMware VirtualCenter Server or VMware Infrastructure Web Access. This article provides steps to stop, start, or restart vCenter services.

Resolution

Stopping vCenter Services

To stop a vCenter service:
  1. Log in as an administrator to the server that is running vCenter.
  2. Click Start > Run.
  3. Type services.msc
  4. Press Enter.
  5. From the list of services right-click on the service you wish to stop. For example, VMware VirtualCenter Server.
  6. Click Stop and wait for the service to complete stopping.

    Note: When you stop the VMware VirtualCenter Server service, all connected users are disconnected from their session.

Starting vCenter Services

To start a vCenter service if it has stopped:
  1. Log in as an administrator to the server that is running vCenter.
  2. Click Start > Run.
  3. Type services.msc
  4. Press Enter.
  5. From the list of services right-click on the service you wish to start. For example, VMware VirtualCenter Server.
  6. Click Start and wait for the service startup to complete.

    Note: If the VMware VirtualCenter Server service does not start, verify that it is able to get exclusive access to VirtualCenter repository. For more information, see Cannot get exclusive access to the VirtualCenter repository (1006369).

Restarting vCenter Services

To restart a vCenter service:
  1. Log in as an administrator to the server that is running vCenter.
  2. Click Start > Run.
  3. Type services.msc
  4. Press Enter.
  5. From the list of services right-click on the service you wish to restart. For example, VMware VirtualCenter Server.
  6. Click Restart and wait for the service to complete restarting.

    Note: When you restart the VMware VirtualCenter Server service, all connected users are disconnected from their Virtual Infrastructure Client sessions. If the VirtualCenter Server service does not start after it has been stopped, see Troubleshooting the VMware VirtualCenter Server service when it does not start or fails (1003926).

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  • KB Article: 1003895
  • Updated: Sep 2, 2009
  • Products:
    VMware VirtualCenter
    VMware vCenter Server
  • Product Versions:
    VMware VirtualCenter 2.0.x
    VMware VirtualCenter 2.5.x
    VMware vCenter Server 4.0.x