Upgrading to vCenter 8.0 the Subscribed Content Library Sync fails

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• Unable to sync Content Libraries after upgrading vCenter Server from 7.0 U3 to 8.0.
  
  Error message:
  InternalServerError (com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.internal_server_error) => {
  messages = [LocalizableMessage (com.vmware.vapi.std.localizable_message) => {
  id = vapi.bindings.method.impl.unexpected,
  defaultMessage = Provider method implementation threw unexpected exception: javax.crypto.BadPaddingException: Error finalising cipher data: pad block corrupted,
  args = [javax.crypto.BadPaddingException: Error finalising cipher data: pad block corrupted],
  params = <null>,
  localized = <null>
  }],
  data = <null>,
  errorType = INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 8.0.0

Cause

• This is a known issue and VMware Engineering team is investigating this further

Resolution

The issue is resolved in vCenter Server 8.0b (build number 21216066).

Workaround:

• Edit the subscribed library and re-enter the password
• Post the sync between publisher and subscribed library the sync operation works fine