The agent on an ESX host that handles management and configuration of the host and its VMs. Its log is /var/log/hostd.log, and running /etc/init.d/hostd restart restarts it.
Also called host agent.
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Terms in this definition
- Agent
A specialised form of Microsoft Copilot set up for one particular job, pairing instructions with knowledge and skills. You can create one in Copilot Studio, SharePoint or Agent Builder, and administrators control them from the Microsoft 365 admin center.
- ESX
VMware's bare-metal hypervisor, installed on each host in a VCF fleet. Up to version 9.0 it was known as ESXi.
- Virtual machines
Infrastructure-as-a-service compute giving complete control of the operating system, making it a fit for lift-and-shift moves and for software relying on OS-level pieces like COM.
- log
Text written by a component to record something that happened. VCF Operations for logs takes these in, and after integration with VCF Operations they can be searched from its Analyze page and Log Analysis widget.
Related terms
- services.sh restart
A command run in the ESX Shell to restart every management agent, like its DCUI counterpart. Avoid both on hosts using vSAN, LACP, NSX or shared graphics; restart only hostd and vpxa, one at a time, on those.