vcenter services service: restart

Restarts a service. This operation was added in vSphere API 6.7

Request:

HTTP request

POST https://{server}/rest/vcenter/services/{service}/restart

Path Parameters

Name Type Description
Required
service string identifier of the service to restart.

Response:

HTTP Status Code: 200

None

Errors:

HTTP Status Code Type Description
404 not_found if the service associated with service does not exist.
504 timed_out if any timeout occurs during the execution of the restart operation.
400 not_allowed_in_current_state if the operation is denied in the current state of the service. If a stop or start operation is in progress, issuing a restart operation will lead to this error.
500 error if any other error occurs during the execution of the operation.