vCenter UI slow due to large number of VMs in the inventory tree
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vCenter UI slow due to large number of VMs in the inventory tree

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Article ID: 374591

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Products

VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

  • vCenter UI slow due to large number of VMs in the Hosts and Clusters tree in vCenter inventory

Environment

vCenter 8.x 

vCenter 7.x

Resolution

Resolution:

  • Upgrade to vCenter 8.0U3 as there are several optimizations related to the inventory tree that are improved in this version 

Workaround: 

  • In the vCenter UI click on the username section in the top right corner > Open the drop down and click "My Preferences" > Inventory > Then uncheck the "Show VMs in Hosts and Clusters view"