Restarting management Agent on ESX 3.x

Restarting the Management agents on ESX Server 3.x

1. Login to the ESX host using SSH (or from COS)
2. Type service mgmt-vmware restart.
   CAUTION
   Before restarting the Management Agent make sure that Automatic Startup/Shutdown is Disabled
   For more info see
   Restarting hostd (mgmt-vmware) on ESX Server Hosts Restarts Hosted Virtual Machines Where Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown is Enabled (1003312)
3. Type service vmware-vpxa restart.
4. Exit the SSH session or logout of COS