Host temporarily shows as "Not Responding" after hostd restart.
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Host temporarily shows as "Not Responding" after hostd restart.

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Article ID: 436955

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Products

VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

  • vCenter Server reports that the host is no responsive.
  • Restart the hostd service before the issue occurs by running the following command:
/etc/init.d/hostd restart

Environment

vCenter Server 8.x
ESXi 8.x

Cause

Restarting hostd and vpxa via the /etc/init.d/hostd restart command causes a temporary loss of connectivity between vCenter Server and the ESXi host.

Resolution

It is expected that the host will temporarily show as "Not Responding" while the /etc/init.d/hostd restart command is being executed.

Additional Information

Restarting Management Agents in ESXi

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