How to disable the CIM agent on the ESX/ESXi host

To disable the CIM agent on an ESX host:

1. Log in to the ESX host as root.
2. Run these commands:service sfcbd stopchkconfig sfcbd-watchdog offchkconfig sfcbd off
   Note: Changing the chkconfig disables the sfcbd service and is persistent across reboots.To re-enable the CIM agent on the ESX host, run these commands: 

service sfcbd start

chkconfig sfcbd-watchdog on

chkconfig sfcbd on

Note: To check the status of the agent on ESX, run the below command.

service sfcbd status