Cannot remove or disable unwanted plugin from VMware vCenter Server
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Cannot remove or disable unwanted plugin from VMware vCenter Server

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Article ID: 344648

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Products

VMware vCenter Server VMware vCenter Server 8.0 VMware vCenter Server 7.0 VMware vCenter Server 6.0

Issue/Introduction

  • Cannot remove plugin from the vSphere Client
  • The following error appears:

    vCenter {Plugin Name} Disabled {Plugin Name} vCenter plugin The following error occurred while downloading the script plugin from https:///vmware/Plugin-NamePlugin.xml:Invalid URI: The host name could not be parsed.

  • Multiple failed/incompatible plugins/extensions in the vCenter environment
  • For vCenters 6.7 and prior, plugins still appear in the Plug-in Manager in the vSphere Client even though the plugin is uninstalled from Windows vCenter.

Environment

  • VMware vCenter Server 6.x
  • VMware vCenter Server 7.x
  • VMware vCenter Server 8.x

Resolution

Note: If vCenter Server is in Enhanced Linked Mode (ELM), perform this procedure on the vCenter Server that is used to install the plugin initially, then restart the vCenter Server services on the linked vCenter Servers.

Remove unwanted plugin from the available plugin list using vCenter Manage Object page

  1. In a web browser, navigate to https://<vCenter_Server_name_or_IP>/mob

    Where <vCenter_Server_name_or_IP> is the name of the vCenter Server or its IP address. Log in with the vCenter SSO admin credentials.

    Note: If error "HTTP Status 401 is present - Unauthorized" error in the browser, refer to KB "HTTP Status 401 - Unauthorized", accessing vCenter MOB fails from Edge & Chrome browsers
     
  2. Click Content.
  3. Click ExtensionManager.
  4. Select and copy the name of the plug-in to remove from the list of values under Properties. For a list of default plugins, see the Additional Information section of this article.
  5. Click UnregisterExtension. A new window appears.
  6. Paste the key of the plugin and click Invoke Method. This removes the plugin and results in void.
  7. Close the window.
  8. Refresh the Managed Object Type:ManagedObjectReference:ExtensionManager window to verify that the plugin is removed successfully.
  9. If the plugin still appears in UI, a restart of the vSphere Client may be required.

Steps to check if the extension is in use

  1.  From the Extension manager list from the above Step 2 and 3. Check the Last heartbeat time.



  2. If the date Time is recent then the extension/plugin is in use.
To disable the plugin through the Client PlugIn manager within the vSphere Web Client 5.1 and later
  1. Log in to the vSphere Web Client with an vCenter Server Administrative user.
  2. When the error appears, click No.
  3. Navigate to Administration > Client Plug-Ins.
  4. Locate the client plug-in to disable.
  5. Right-click this entry and select Disable.
  6. Click Yes on the pop-up box for disabling the plugin.

If  "Deploy plugin" tasks continue to populate in vSphere UI, review the following paths in vCenter for incomplete packages.

  1. SSH to vCenter via root
  2. Navigate to the following directories:

    /etc/vmware/vsphere-ui/vc-packages/
    /etc/vmware/vsphere-ui/cm-service-packages/com.vmware.cis.vsphereclient.plugin/

  3. Remove any directories that end in ".incomplete" 

    Example
    .com.vmware.vrUi-8.3.1.17143308.incomplete

  4. Once these are removed, restart the vSphere UI service.

    service-control --restart vsphere-ui

Additional Information

Default vSphere Extensions
 
Extension Name Service Description
com.vmware.vim.eam vSphere ESX Agent Manager
com.vmware.vim.inventoryservice vCenter Inventory Service
com.vmware.vim.ls Licensing Services
com.vmware.vim.sms VMware vCenter Storage Monitoring Service
com.vmware.vim.sps VMware vSphere Profile-drive Storage Service
com.vmware.vim.stats.report Performance charts built-in extension
com.vmware.vim.stats.vsm Service Manager
cim-ui vCenter Hardware Status
health-ui vCenter Service Status
hostdiag Internal extension to declare diagnostic events from VMware Host systems
VirtualCenter

VirtualCenter dynamic events and tasks
com.vmware.h4

VMware Cloud Provider Services Plugin
com.vmware.orchestrator VMware vRealize Orchestrator plugin (formerly known as VMware vCenter Orchestrator plug-in)
com.vmware.rbd Auto Deploy
com.vmware.syslog VMware Syslog Collector Configuration
com.vmware.vcDr VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Extension
com.vmware.vcHms vSphere Replication Management (VRM)
com.vmware.vcIntegrity VMware vSphere Update Manager Extension
com.vmware.vShieldManager vShield Manager
vCloud Director-1 vCloud Director
com.vmware.vcops vRealize Operations Manager (formerly known as vCenter Operations Manager)
com.vmware.vadm VMware vRealize Infrastructure Navigator (formerly known as vCenterInfrastructure Navigator)
com.vmware.vdp vSphere Data Protection 5.1
com.vmware.vdp2
com.vmware.vdp2.config		 vSphere Data Protection 5.5/5.8
com.vmware.vsan.health vSAN Health Check Plug-in
com.vmware.heartbeattasks vCenter Server Heartbeat
com.vmware.hbwc vCenter Server Heartbeat
com.vmware.heartbeat vCenter Server Heartbeat
com.neverfail.heartbeat vCenter Server Heartbeat
 
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