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Thischapterincludesinformationonhowtostartandstopeachoneofthemajor
VMwareInfrastructurecomponents,ESXServerandVirtualCenterServer.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
 “ESXServer”onpage 35
 “VirtualCenterServer”onpage 36
 “VIClient”onpage 38
 “VIWebAccess”onpage 40
 “VMwareServiceConsole”onpage 41
ESX Server
WhenyouinstallESXServer,itstartsitselfthroughtheinstallationrebootprocess.If
yourESXServerisshutdown,youmustmanuallyrestartit.
To start your ESX Server
OnthephysicalboxwhereESXServerisinstalled,pressthepowerbuttonuntilthe
poweronsequencebegins.
TheESXServerboots,discoversitsvirtual
machines,andproceedswithitsnormalESX
Serverfunctions.
Youhavetheoptiontopowerofforrestart(reboot)anyESXServ erhostusingtheVI
Client.ESXServer3hostscanalsobepoweredofffromtheserviceconsole.Powering
offamanagedhostdisconnectsitfromtheVirtualCenterServer
butdoesnotremoveit
fromtheinventory.
Starting and Stopping the
VMware Infrastructure
Components
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