The vSAN and/or vLCM plugins are not functioning properly in vCenter 8.0u3.

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

• Post upgrade to vCenter Server 8.0 Update 3, Image section of the vSphere Lifecycle Manage (vLCM) returns the error "View 'Image' from 'Lifecycle Manager' is not available for this object. Note that different views might have the same name."
  
  
  
• Issue may be reported for the vSAN section under the Monitor tab (Cluster -> Monitor -> vSAN) is not visible
• /var/log/vmware/applmgmt/applmgmt.log

[YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS] ERROR:vmware.appliance.vapi.auth:Could not parse HOK Token
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/applmgmt/lib/extensions/py/vmware/appliance/extensions/authentication/authentication_sso.py", line 507, in validate
    self.validate_certificate()
  File "/usr/lib/applmgmt/lib/extensions/py/vmware/appliance/extensions/authentication/authentication_sso.py", line 709, in validate_certificate
    raise AuthenticationError(
vmware.appliance.extensions.authentication.authentication_sso.AuthenticationError: One or more certificates cannot be verified.

• /var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere_client_virgo.log

[YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS] [ERROR] -nio-127.0.0.1-5090-exec-373 70014908 100406 200031 com.vmware.vise.mvc.controllers.PluginServiceController           A general error occurred while evaluating plugin (com.vmware.vlcm.client:8.0.3.24091160:-1221767399) dynamic extensions info from the vSphere Client platform. com.vmware.vcenter.apigw.security.AuthenticationException: Failed to log into [uri=http://localhost:8201/api, sessionMgr=SessionManagerInfo [_sessionMgrSvcId=com.vmware.cis.session, _loginOpId=create, _logoutOpId=delete], ssoDomain=vsphere.local(486d6c44-f30d-4c63-b57a-045eea6fea81)]: com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.
unauthenticated => {data=<unset>, error_type=UNAUTHENTICATED, messages=[com.vmware.vapi.std.localizable_message => {args=[], default_message=Unable to authenticate user, localized=<unset>, id=vapi.security.authentication.invalid, params=<unset>}]}

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 8.0.x

Cause

This issue is caused due to expired Security Token Service (STS) certificate on vCenter Server

Resolution

Proceed to renew the STS certificate on the vCenter Server. Refer to "Signing certificate is not valid" or "No healthy upstream" error in vCenter Server Appliance

Additional Information

VSAN and/or VLCM views are missing in vSphere Client (broadcom.com)

vSAN modules fail to display any info in vSphere Client with an error similar to Unable to retrieve/query information/configuration. Check vSphere Client logs for details (broadcom.com)

vSAN Health Service - vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) configuration (broadcom.com)