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5 From the Actions menu select an operation name.
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Restart
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Start
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Stop
N Restarting the Content Library Service also restarts the Transfer Service and the OVF Service.
The Content Library Service, the Transfer Service, and the OVF Service run on the same Tomcat server.
Configuring Services in the vSphere Web Client
You can monitor and manage services by using the vSphere Web Client. You can change the seings of only
a few services.
There are slight dierences between the services available for a vCenter Server instance that runs on a
Windows system and those available for vCenter Server Appliance on Linux.
N Only the default values of the service properties have undergone all product testing cycles. Avoid the
usage of nondefault values without guidance from VMware.
Services that You Can Configure in vCenter Server Appliance
You can use vSphere Web Client to congure the following services in vCenter Server Appliance:
Service Description
Auto Deploy Lets you perform stateless ESXi caching. See “Auto Deploy Service,” on page 51.
Content Library Service Manages OVF templates, ISO images, and scripts for vSphere administrators. See “Content
Library Service,” on page 51.
Hardware Health Service Collects and analyzes IPMI sensor metrics for hardware that runs ESXi. See “Hardware
Health Service,” on page 53.
Transfer Service Provides support for moving content, such as VM templates, scripts, and ISO images across
sites and vCenter Server instances. See “Transfer Service Properties,” on page 53.
VMware Open
Virtualization Format
Service
Supports the provisioning of OVF based virtual machines. For a list of seings you can
congure for this service, see “VMware Open Virtualization Format Service,” on page 56.
VMware Syslog Service Provides support for system logging, network logging, and collecting logs from hosts. You
can use the Syslog service to redirect and store ESXi messages to a server on the network.
See “VMware Syslog Service,” on page 57.
VMware vSphere ESXi
Dump Collector Service
Collects core dumps from remote hosts. See “VMware vSphere ESXi Dump Collector,” on
page 57.
vAPI Endpoint Provides a single point of access to vAPI services. For a list of general seings that you can
congure for this service, see “vAPI Endpoint,” on page 54.
Services that you can configure in vCenter Server
You can congure the following services on a vCenter Server instance that runs on a Windows machine:
Service Name Description
Auto Deploy Lets you perform stateless ESXi caching. See “Auto Deploy Service,” on page 51.
Content Library Service Manages OVF templates, ISO images, and scripts for vSphere administrators. See
“Content Library Service,” on page 51.
Hardware Health Service Collects and analyzes IPMI sensor metrics for hardware that runs ESXi. See “Hardware
Health Service,” on page 53.
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