VMware vSphere Web Client reports a CompositeException error

Products

• VMware vCenter Server
• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• Navigating in the vSphere Web Client reports error
• You see the error:
  
  com.vmware.vise.data.query.CompositeConstraint cannot be cast to com.vmware.vise.data.query.ObjectIdentityConstraint
  
  
• In the virgo-serverlog.log file, you see entries similar to:
  
  ...
  java.lang.NullPointerException: null
  at Plugin_Name.ObjectNavigatorVSphereDataAdapter.processQuery(ObjectNavigatorVSphereDataAdapter.java:228)
  at Plugin_Name.ObjectNavigatorVSphereDataAdapter.getData(ObjectNavigatorVSphereDataAdapter.java:206)
  at com.vmware.vise.data.query.impl.DataAdapterUtil.getDataFromAdapter(DataAdapterUtil.java:127)
  at com.vmware.vise.data.query.impl.DataAdapterUtil.getResultFromAdapter(DataAdapterUtil.java:93)
  at com.vmware.vise.data.query.impl.DataAdapterUtil.access$000(DataAdapterUtil.java:32)
  ...
  
  For more information on log locations for the vSphere Web Client, see Location of vSphere Web Client service logs (2004090).
  
  
• In the vsphere_client_virgo.log file, you see entries similar to:
  
  [YYYY-MM-DD TIME] [ERROR] http-bio-9443-exec-3 70000804 100029 200004 com.vmware.vise.core.model.CompositeException CompositeException
  [YYYY-MM-DD TIME] [ERROR] http-bio-9443-exec-3 70000804 100029 200004 com.vmware.vise.data.query.impl.DataServiceImpl Error occurred while executing query:
  com.vmware.vise.core.model.CompositeException: CompositeException
  com.vmware.vise.data.query.CompositeConstraint cannot be cast to com.vmware.vise.data.query.ObjectIdentityConstraint
  
  For more information on log locations for the vSphere Web Client, see Location of vSphere Web Client service logs (2004090).

Environment

VMware vSphere Web Client 5.5.x
VMware vCenter Server 5.1.x
VMware vSphere Web Client 5.1.x
VMware vCenter Server 5.5.x

Cause

This issue occurs due to third-party plug-in that are installed as an extension to the VMware vSphere Web Client.

Resolution

This is a known issue affecting vSphere Web Client 5.1.x and 5.5.x.

To work around this issue, remove the plug-in Plugin_Name seen in the virgo-serverlog.log.

Alternatively, the vSphere Client can also be used.

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VMware vSphere Web Client で CompositeException のエラーが表示される