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title: "VMware vSphere In-Guest Services"
description: "You can view and control services currently running inside a VM or vCenter Server. For Windows-based machines, you can view, start, stop and restart services, and create alarms based on retrieved services."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/one/userguide/vsphere_services.html"
breadcrumb: "User Guide > VMware vSphere Monitoring > VMware vSphere In-Guest Services"
dateModified: "2026-10-23"
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# VMware vSphere In-Guest Services

You can view and control services currently running inside a VM or vCenter Server.

- For Windows-based machines, you can view, start, stop and restart services, and create alarms based on retrieved services.
- For Linux-based machines, you can view or end services.

## Prerequisites

Before viewing in-guest services, check the following prerequisites:

- For VMs, make sure that VMware Tools are installed.
- For Linux-based machines, make sure that the SSH Server is started.

## Viewing In-Guest Services

To view the list of services:

1. Open Veeam ONE Client.

   For details, see [Accessing Veeam ONE Components](access.md).

2. At the bottom of the inventory pane, click **Virtual Infrastructure**.
3. In the inventory pane, select the necessary infrastructure object.
4. Open the **Guest OS** tab and navigate to **Services**.
5. Provide OS authentication credentials (user name and password) to access the list of running services.

[![In-Guest Processes](images/vmware_inguest_services.png "In-Guest Processes")](images/vmware_inguest_services.png){.toggle scale=50}

You can start, stop and restart a running service, or create an alarm based on the service state or object performance:

- To restart a service, click the **Restart** button, or right-click a necessary service and select **Restart** from the shortcut menu.
- To disconnect from guest OS, click the **Disconnect** button.
- [For Windows-based machines] To create an alarm, select a service in the list, click the **Create Alarm** button, and select the type of rule on which the alarm must be based. For details on alarm rules, see [Alarm Rules Reference](appendix_rules_alarms.md).