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

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"