After restart of vCenter Inventory service, Storage management service must be started manually

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.