vSphere Client shows old VASA provider certificate after restarting vmware-sps service

Products

• VMware vCenter Server 7.0
• VMware vCenter Server 8.0
• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

vSphere Client shows old VASA provider certificate when vmware-sps service was restarted after renewal of VASA provider certificate.

Environment

vCenter 7.0.x

vCenter 8.0.0

Cause

Renewal of VASA provider certificate only updates in-memory certificate info and not saved in persistent storage.

Resolution

This issue is fixed in 8.0U1 and later.

As a workaround, rescan VASA provider after renewing certificate.

1. Select vCenter Server from inventory.
2. Configure > Storage Providers
3. Select storage provider
4. Rescan