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To start or stop individual vCenter Operations Manager services on a Windows server, use the Windows
Services dialog box or open a command prompt and type the sc command.
For example:
sc start
service_name
sc stop service_name
service_name is the name of the service on Windows.
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To start or stop vCenter Operations Manager services on a Linux server, use the Background Services tab
of the Service Configuration dialog box or open a terminal window and type the service vcops command.
For example:
service vcops start [ service_name ]
service vcops stop [ service_name ]
service_name is the name of the service on Linux. If you do not include a service name, the command starts
or stops all vCenter Operations Manager services.
NOTE To use vcops.sh, the shell script form of the service vcops command, you must be in the
common/bin directory.
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To list the vCenter Operations Manager environment variables on a Linux server, type the service vcops
env command.
vCenter Operations Manager Service Names
The services and service names are different for vCenter Operations Manager Standalone and the
vCenter Operations Manager vApp.
vCenter Operations Manager Standalone
For vCenter Operations Manager Standalone, the services are the same on Windows and Linux servers but the
service names are different.
Table 8-1. vCenter Operations Manager Standalone Services
Windows Server Name
Linux Server
Name Description
vcopsWebService vcopsserver vCenter Operations Manager Web service. Runs on the
vCenter Operations Manager server.
AnalyticsService analytics Analytics service. Runs on the vCenter Operations Manager server.
ActiveMQ activemq ActiveMQ service. Runs on the vCenter Operations Manager server.
CollectorService collector Collector service. Runs on the vCenter Operations Manager server.
DTProcessorService dtprocessor DT Processor service. Runs on the server where the analytics processor
is installed.
ReplicationServerService replication Replication Server service. Runs only on a vCenter Operations Manager
replication server.
vCenter Operations Manager vApp
The vCenter Operations Manager vApp includes these services.
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