Restore Vsphere Web Access On Esx Hosts - VMware ESX 4.0 - UPGRADE GUIDE UPDATE 1 Update Manual

vSphere Upgrade Guide
After the ESX/ESXi upgrade, you must convert LUN masking to the claim rule format. To do this, run the
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esxcli corestorage claimrule convert
command converts the
MASK_PATH as the plug-in. See the vSphere Command-Line Interface Installation and Reference Guide.
After the ESX/ESXi upgrade, 3rd-party agents are disabled but remain on the disk. To reenable them, you
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must reinstall them. You can use the
See the Installation Guide or the Setup Guide.
This chapter includes the following topics:

"Restore vSphere Web Access on ESX Hosts,"

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"Evaluation Period Countdown,"
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"Clean Up the ESX Bootloader Menu After Upgrade,"
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"About the esxconsole.vmdk,"
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"Uninstalling the VMware License Server,"
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"vSphere Host Update Utility Support for Rolling Back ESX/ESXi Upgrades,"
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"Roll Back an ESX Upgrade,"
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"Roll Back an ESXi Update, Patch, or Upgrade,"
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"Restore the ESX Host Configuration,"
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"Restore the ESXi Host Configuration,"
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Restore vSphere Web Access on ESX Hosts
For ESX hosts only, the vSphere Web Access service is disabled after you upgrade the host. If you have Web
Access enabled on the host, you must restore the service after the upgrade is complete.
vSphere Web Access is a user interface that runs in a Web browser and provides access to the virtual machine's
display. The vSphere Web Access service is installed when you install ESX 4.0 or vCenter Server 4.0, but is not
running by default. Before you log in and start managing virtual machines, you must start the vSphere Web
Access service on your ESX or vCenter Server instance.
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Prerequisites
You must have root privileges to check the status and run the vSphere Web Access service.
Procedure
1 Log in to the ESX host using root privileges.
2 Type the command to check whether the Web Access service is running.
service vmware-webAccess status
A message appears that says whether the service is running.
3 (Optional) If vSphere Web Access is not running, type the command to start Web Access.
service vmware-webAccess start
What to do next
You can now use vSphere Web Access to log in to the ESX host. See the vSphere Web Access Administrator's
Guide.
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command in the vSphere Command-Line Interface. This
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