Datastore Files view in vSphere UI is empty for datastores containing “+” character in their name.
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Datastore Files view in vSphere UI is empty for datastores containing “+” character in their name.

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Article ID: 312193

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Products

VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
1. Datastore Files view in vSphere UI shows empty folder/files list when the datastore name contains “+” character
2. Selecting a folder containing “+” character in Datastore Files view does not list folder’s content (the file list is empty). This is applicable for all datastores even for those without “+” character in their name.

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 7.0.0
VMware vCenter Server 7.0.3
VMware vCenter Server 8.0
VMware vCenter Server 7.0.x
VMware vCenter Server 8.0.1
VMware vCenter Server 7.0.2

Cause

The vSphere UI is not encoding correctly the datastore and folder names when they contain “+” character.

Resolution

The issue will be fixed in the future releases.

Workaround:
Rename the datastores and folders to remove the “+” characters from their names.

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