VMware Vcenter

How to stop, start, or restart vCenter 6.0 Server Appliance

  1. Connect to the vCenter Server Appliance through SSH.
  2. Log in as root and change to BASH shell.
  3. Run this command in the SSH client.
service --status-all

Check the status of a specific service. First list all services. 

ls /etc/init.d

Once you fount the service you would like to know the status of run the following command. Where ServiceName is the name of the service you would like to check. 

service //ServiceName// status

You can now toggle between the following options.

  1. service ServiceName start
  2. service ServiceName restart
  3. service ServiceName stop
  4. service ServiceName status

List of services.

Service Description Service Name
VMware VirtualCenter Server Service vmware-vpxd
Embedded vPostgres Database service vmware-vpostgres
VMware Tools Service vmware-tools-services
VMware vSphere Profile-Driven Storage Service vmware-sps
VMware vCenter Inventory Service vmware-inventoryservice
VMware vSphere Network Dump Collector service vmware-netdumper
VMware vSphere Log Browser vmware-logbrowser
VMware vSphere Auto Deploy service vmware-rbd-watchdog
VMware vSphere Web Client vsphere-client
vCenter Single Sign-On 5.1 Single Sign-On 5.1 vmware-sso
vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 Directory Service vmdird
vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 Certificate Service vmcad
vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 Secure Token Service vmware-stsd
vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 Kdc Service vmkdcd
vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 Identity Management Service vmware-sts-idmd