VMware Command to check vpxa, hostd service status | start stop the vpxa & hostd service | 503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint

 Command to check vpxa, hostd service status | start stop the vpxa & hostd service

Login to ESXi host using putty session

Go to /etc/init.d/ and enter the service name and action type i.e status, start or stop

-> To terminate the service

[root@DEMOESX01:~] /etc/init.d/vpxa stop   

watchdog-vpxa: Terminating watchdog process with PID 526649

vpxa stopped.

-> To check the status

[root@DEMOESX01:~] /etc/init.d/vpxa status  

vpxa is not running

-> To start the service

 [root@DEMOESX01:~] /etc/init.d/vpxa start  

vpxa started.

If you are getting below error while accessing ESXI host

503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [N7Vmacore4Http16LocalServiceSpecE:0x00000000b6b48c80] _serverNamespace = / action = Allow _port = 8309)

Login to putty session

Check host d service status using below command

etc/init.d/hostd status

Start the host d service using below command

etc/init.d/hostd start

Now check ESXi host web console