vSphere vCenter Server Plug-in for vRealize Orchestrator connections are marked as Unusable

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• SDK Connection to any vSphere endpoint shows
  

  https://x.x.x.x:443/sdk(unusable: com.vmware.cim.vmomi.core.exception.CertificateValidationException: Server certificate assertion not verified and thumbprint not matched
  
  

• vRealize Orchestrator connection to a vCenter Server Instance is marked as unusable and the following error message is seen

  (unusable: com.vmware.vim.vmomi.client.exception.VmomiProtocolException: com.vmware.vim.vmomi.core.exception.UnmarshallException: Type 'ServiceContent' contains unrecognized property 'siteInfoManager')
  
  

• Existing custom workflows or other workflows in vRO fail to execute with errors similar to

  vmodl.fault.InvalidType

Environment

VMware vRealize Orchestrator 8.12 - Latest Version Aria Orchestrator 8.17

Cause

• vSphere APIs used by the vSphere vCenter Server Plug-in for vRealize Orchestrator can break after vSphere is upgraded.
  
  
• Orchestrator loses certificate associated with top level root certificates , machine certificates, and vCenter certificates. 

Resolution

1. If not already, apply and Configuring the vCenter Server Plug-In

2. Check all connections used under Library > vCenter > Configuration 

3.  Run workflow to Update a vCenter instance 

Additional Information