Unable to modify alarm related to certificate in non English environment due to an error

Products

• VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Issue/Introduction

Following 10 alarms introduced in vCenter 8.0 Update 3g can't be modified with vSphere Client in non English environment due to an error.

• Certificate(s) in VECS TRUSTED_ROOTS store has expired
• Certificate(s) in VECS TRUSTED_ROOTS store is about to expire
• Data-encipherment certificate in VECS has expired
• Data-encipherment certificate in VECS is about to expire
• MACHINE_SSL_CERT certificate in VECS has expired
• MACHINE_SSL_CERT certificate in VECS is about to expire
• SMS certificate in VECS has expired
• SMS certificate in VECS is about to expire
• Solution user certificate(s) in VECS has expired
• Solution user certificate(s) in VECS is about to expire

In vpxd.log, we see the vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument being logged.

2025-10-29T00:39:31.490Z error vpxd[19900] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=mhb7oo32-967-auto-qw-h5:70000413-64] [VpxLRO] -- ERROR task-215 -- 52f83b1d-2d00-b7f7-d868-3809fef94705(52f2cfd3-2591-d7e7-a4aa-183b85ad5b43) -- alarm-180 -- vim.alarm.Alarm.reconfigure: :vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument
--> Result:
--> (vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument) {
-->    faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null, 
-->    faultMessage = <unset>, 
-->    invalidProperty = "name"
-->    msg = ""
--> }
--> Args:

Environment

vCenter Server 8.0 U3g or later

Cause

This issue occurs because the alarm in question have only English name.

Resolution

This will be resolved in a future release of vCenter.

To work around this issue, change vSphere Client language from local language to english.

Please refer here for how to change language.