If your vCenter is on a Linux appliance, then you must use Linux commands to restart the VMware vSphere web client service.
Steps
- If you are running vCenter 6.5 or later, perform the following:
- Use SSH to log in to the vCenter Server Appliance as root.
- Access the Appliance Shell or BASH Shell by using the following command: shell
- Stop the web client service by using the following command: service-control --stop vsphere-client
- Delete all stale packages on vCenter by using the following command: /etc/vmware/vsphere-client/vc-packages/vsphere-client-serenity/
- Start the web client service by using the following command: service-control --start vsphere-client
- If you are running vCenter 6.0 update 3 or later, perform the following:
- Use SSH to log in to the vCenter Server Appliance as root.
- Access the Appliance Shell or BASH Shell by using the following command: shell
- Navigate to the directory by using the following command: cd /bin
- Stop the web client service by using the following command: service-control --stop vsphere-client
- Delete all stale packages on vCenter by using the following command: /etc/vmware/vsphere-client/vc-packages/vsphere-client-serenity/
- Start the web client service by using the following command: service-control --start vsphere-client