Host Service System Start Service
Starts the service.
Required privileges: Host.Config.NetService
Request
URI
POST
https://{api_host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/HostServiceSystem/{moId}/StartService
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Path Parameters
string
moId
Required
The unique identifier for the managed object to which the method attaches; the serialized managed object reference for a request has the form moType/moId, in this case HostServiceSystem/{moId}.
string
release
Required
The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.2.0 APIs.
Request Body
StartServiceRequestType
of type(s)
application/json
Required
"StartServiceRequestType Object"
string
id
Required
Service identifier (HostServiceSystem.serviceInfo.HostServiceInfo.service.HostService.key).
Responses
204
No Content
Operation doesn't return any data structure
500
NotFound: if the service ID is unknown.
InvalidState: if the service is already running. Only hosts with ESX/ESXi 4.1 or earlier software use this fault. Hosts running later versions of ESXi do not throw a fault in this case.
HostConfigFault: for all other failures.
Returns
VimFault
of type(s)
application/json
This response body class contains all of the following:
InlineVimFault0
"VimFault Object"Code Samples
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curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: <value>' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '[{}]' https://{api_host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/HostServiceSystem/{moId}/StartService
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