Starting And Stopping The Vsphere Components; Start An Esx/Esxi Host; Reboot Or Shut Down An Esx/Esxi Host - VMware 4817V62 - vSphere - PC Administration Manual

Starting and Stopping the vSphere
Components
You can start and stop each one of the major vSphere components, ESX/ESXi, and vCenter Server. You might
want to stop a component to perform maintenance or upgrade operations.
This chapter includes the following topics:

"Start an ESX/ESXi Host,"

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"Reboot or Shut Down an ESX/ESXi Host,"

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"Stop an ESX Host Manually,"
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"Starting vCenter Server,"
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"Start the vSphere Client and Log In,"
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"Stop the vSphere Client and Log Out,"
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"vSphere Web Access,"
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"VMware Service Console,"
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Start an ESX/ESXi Host
When you install ESX/ESXi, it starts itself through the installation reboot process. If your ESX/ESXi host is shut
down, you must manually restart it.
Procedure
On the physical box where ESX/ESXi is installed, press the power button until the power on sequence
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begins.
The ESX/ESXi host starts, locates its virtual machines, and proceeds with its normal ESX/ESXi functions.
Reboot or Shut Down an ESX/ESXi Host
You can power off or restart (reboot) any ESX/ESXi host using the vSphere Client. You can also power off ESX
hosts from the service console. Powering off a managed host disconnects it from vCenter Server, but does not
remove it from the inventory.
Procedure
1 Shut down all virtual machines running on the ESX/ESXi host.
2 Select the ESX/ESXi host you want to shut down.
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