Effect of restart management agent of the host

[bjorntenhoeve]

Hello everyone,

Does restarting the management agent of the host affect any VM on this host?

I'm getting an error in our vCenter that the host is not responding and if I want to sign in to the host itself i'm getting an error with the following text:

Call "ServiceInstance.RetrieveContent" for object "ServiceInstance" on Server "(IP-Address)" failed.

When I look up this error, I see multiple sites telling me to restart the management agent of the host.

Awaiting your reply.

Kind regards,

Bjorn

[HassanAlKak88 · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Restarting Management agents will not have any impact for the guest VM's running.

To restart this agents, follow the below:

Restart Management agents in ESXi Using Direct Console User Interface (DCUI):

1. Connect to the console of your ESXi host.
2. Press F2 to customize the system.
3. Log in as root.
4. Use the Up/Down arrows to navigate to Troubleshooting Options > Restart Management Agents.
5. Press Enter.
6. Press F11 to restart the services.
7. When the service restarts, press Enter.
8. Press Esc to log out.

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[bjorntenhoeve]

Hi,

Thank you for the help. I will perform this action soon.

Kind regards,

Bjorn