How to find virtual vCenter in large cluster when services aren't running?

[mike01801]

Does anyone have any tips for locating vCenter in a cluster when it's services aren't running?

For example, say i have to reboot vCenter and it's network is having issues. I need to go to the ESX(i) host it is on and open the console to get to the VM. But finding which Host it is on can sometimes be time consuming, because I have to log into every HOST and see if it is the host that is hosting vCenter.

Does anyone have any tips or suggestions for making this process easier? It's not that important, but just curious what others may suggest.

Thanks.

[Wadebum]

The best idea I can come up with is to reboot it from within the vCenter Client and to make a note of what ESX Host the vm is on before performing the restart. The vCenter VM should come back up on that Host.

[Chamon · Accepted solution]

I use PowerCLI and

connect-viserver esx1,esx2,esx3

to connect to all of the ESX(i) hosts and then run

get-vm vCenterServerName | select name,host