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In this video, I'll be showing you how to restart the management agents for the ESXi host.
These steps work in ESXi 3 and ESXi 4.
These steps are based on VMware Knowledgebase article 1003490.
The agents handle all management communication to and from an ESXi host.
To restart the management agents in an ESXi environment
connect to the console of your ESXi host directly or using a KVM
In this video, we'll connect directly to the ESXi console.
Press F2 on your keyboard to customize the system
Log in as a root user.
Using the down arrow on your keyboard
scroll through the system customization options to Restart the Management Agents.
Press Enter to choose this option.
The Restart Agents confirmation screen appears.
Press F11 to restart the agents.
After the agents restart
press Enter to return to the system customization screen.
You can continue other management tasks, or press escape to log out.