After restart of vCenter Inventory service, Storage management service must be started manually
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Article ID: 335929
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Products
VMware vCenter Server
Issue/Introduction
The Storage management service (SPS) communicates with vCenter Inventory Service while it is running. If you restart vCenter Inventory Service after an accidental or intentional shutdown, SPS can no longer communicate with the service.
Environment
VMware vCenter Server 5.5.x
Resolution
The solution depends on how you installed vSphere.
On a Windows installation, restart the VMware vSphere Profile-Driven Storage Service.
On the vCenter Server appliance, run the command service vmware-sps restart.