Creating Access Control, Role is not showing Life Cycle Manager permissions

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

When attempting to create a custom role some permissions are missing from the list.

In the example below the VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager roles are missing.

In the example below the VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager roles.

Environment

vCenter Server 7.x
vCenter Server 8.x

Cause

This issue can occur if the vCenter has missing plugin files under the /etc/vmware/vsphere-ui/cmCatalog

Resolution

Ensure to take a snapshot of the VCSA before performing the below changes. 

Copy all the missing files (from a healthy vCenter with the same exact vCenter version & build number)

1. 1. Navigate to /etc/vmware/vsphere-ui/cmCatalog and download the com.vmware.vum.client.zip file and other missing files
      
      
   2. Copy this file over to the same directory on the non-working vcenter
      
      
   3. Change ownership of files to match the other files in directory
      chown vsphere-ui:users com.vmware.vum.client.zip
      
      
   4. Restart vsphere-ui service
      service-control --restart vsphere-ui