Storage providers are not getting populated in vCenter version 8.0u3.

Products

• VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Issue/Introduction

The vSphere client displays no storage providers.

var/log/vmware/vmware-sps/sps.log
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS [pool-29-thread-4] WARN  opId=sps-Main-592348-414 com.vmware.vim.sms.provider.vasa.VersionHandler - [isLegacyProvider] Failed to retrieve version information from provider - https://xx.xx.xx.xx:9080/version.xml: handshake_failure(40)

var/run/log/iofiltervpd.log
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS Wa(28) iofiltervpd[2100261]: run:199:SSL Connection error 30 : SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ

Environment

VMware vCenter 8.0u3

Resolution

Adjust SSL Configuration:

• Log in to the vCenter Server appliance via SSH as the root user.
• Edit Configuration and modify the bc_tls_arg value:
  
  • Navigate to /usr/java/jre-vmware/bin
  • cp -r vmware-sps to any path like /tmp.
  • vi vmware-sps
  • bc_tls_arg="-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStoreType=JKS -Djdk.tls.trustNameService=true       

                   -Dorg.bouncycastle.jsse.client.assumeOriginalHostName=true"

       to,
     
       bc_tls_arg="-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStoreType=JKS"

• Restart SPS: Run the following command to restart the Storage Provider Service (SPS): vmon-cli -r sps