[ubuntu-uk] sshd died?

[Michael Holloway]

Anyone have any idea what to do when sshd has died on your server? I
mean without rebooting...

I have a server in a remote location, i can't connect with ssh, but
other services (VMware server, apache2) are still running and i can
connect to them. I also can connect through ssh to its VM guests. Any
one know of a way to get in and restart sshd?

I don't really want to restart it because it takes 10 minuets to boot
and start all the VM's, and they are in use.

Any help would be great!