6.5.1

Edit the Startup Settings of a Service
The Message Bus Conguration, ESXi Dump Collector, and Auto Deploy services are optional services in
the vCenter Server Appliance and they are not running by default. You can edit the startup seings of these
services in the vCenter Server Appliance.
Prerequisites
Verify that the user who logs in to the vCenter Server instance in the vCenter Server Appliance is a member
of the SystemConguration.Administrators group in vCenter Single Sign-On.
Procedure
1 Use the vSphere Web Client to log in as administrator@your_domain_name to the vCenter Server instance
in the vCenter Server Appliance.
The address is of the type hp://appliance-IP-address-or-FQDN/vsphere-client.
2 On the vSphere Web Client main page, hover over the Home icon, click Home, and select System
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3 Under System Conguration, click Nodes and select a node from the list.
4 Click the Related Objects tab.
You see the list of services running in the node you selected.
5 Right-click a service, such as Auto Deploy, ESXi Dump Collector, or Message Bus 
Service, and select Edit Startup Type.
6 Select how you want the service to start.
Option Description
Automatic
The service starts automatically when the Operating System starts.
Manual
You start the service manually after the Operating System starts.
Disabled
The service is disabled.
7 Click OK.
Start, Stop, or Restart Services in the vCenter Server Appliance
In the vSphere Web Client, you can start, stop, or restart the services that are running in the
vCenter Server Appliance.
Prerequisites
Verify that the user you use to log in to the vCenter Server instance is a member of the
SystemConguration.Administrators group in the vCenter Single Sign-On domain.
Procedure
1 Log in as administrator@your_domain_name to the vCenter Server instance in the
vCenter Server Appliance by using the vSphere Web Client.
2 On the vSphere Web Client Home page, click System .
3 Under System Conguration, click Nodes and select a node from the list.
4 Click the Related Objects tab.
You see a list of services running in the node you selected.
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