Web Access -

[jcck20007]

Hi All:

Just trying and installed ESX 4 (gee it needed 2GB RAM just to boot wha...)

tried to logon using web access and received this error

"503 Service Unavailable"

do i need to check the tomcat services ?

JC

[lamw]

You'll need to start the service if it's not already running, login to the Service Console an do the following:

service vmware-webAccess start

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[jcck20007]

Thanks, how do I make sure it automatically start the service every time I boot up

Thanks

[lamw · Accepted solution]

chkconfig --level 345 vmware-webAccess on

I believe that is the syntax, I'm going a litlte blank right now since I don't have access to a system to verify. You can always do a man on chkconfig to get the list of options but you'll be specifying the runlevels, the service name and then whether to enable or disable it.

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VMware vExpert 2009

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[rsukumar]

Disabling the webAccess service by default is design change in ESX 4.0. You can enable the same by following the two methods.

1) As already answered "chkconfig --level 345 vmware-webAccess on"

2) By enabling the webAccess Service through vSphere Client. Here is the flow "Configuration->

Security Profile -> Properties -> Ungrouped. Check box with the

name "vSphere Web Access"."

I hope this helps.

Thanks,

Sukumar.