Unable to upload custom patches to the patch repository of the VUM with error "Failed to upload file"

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• Unable to upload custom patches to the patch repository of the VUM with error "Failed to upload file"
• In the vsphere-client virgo logs you see these errors:

    [YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS] [ERROR] http-bio-9090-exec-959       70039021 101701 201167 com.vmware.vum.fileupload.impl.VumServerFileUploadClient          VumFileUpload: Exception executing http request -  javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: handshake_failure
    at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:192)
    at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:154)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.recvAlert(SSLSocketImpl.java:2038)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1135)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1385)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1413)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1397)

[YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS] [ERROR] tp-nio-127.0.0.1-5090-exec- com.vmware.vum.client.upload.FileUploadClient  Error while executing HTTP request javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: handshake_failure       at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:192)       at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:154)

 

Environment

VMware vCenter Server Appliance

Cause

This is due to invalid Certificate/Certificate Template used when generating a custom Certificate for vCenter Server.

Resolution

To resolve this problem reissue the certificates used by the vCenter Server following the correct procedure. 

How to use vSphere Certificate Manager to Replace SSL Certificates