Unable to create VM Encryption Storage Policy under "Policies and Profiles". "No VASA Provider for schema namespace (vmwarevmcrypt) found." error reported.

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

• Existing storage policies do not see any datastores listed under the Compatible or Incompatible datastores option
• vCenter logging in /var/log/vmware/vmware-sps/sps.log files shows certificate errors and offline providers:
  • Example SMS certificate error includes:
    com.vmware.vim.sms.health.ServiceHealthPoller - SMS certificate has expired
  • Example provider error includes:
    com.vmware.vim.sms.provider.vasa.alarm.AlarmDispatcher - Error: org.apache.axis2.AxisFault: certificate has expired occured as provider https://example.com:9080/version.xml is offline
• Attempting to create a new storage policy shows no compatible or incompatible datastores and fails with this message reported in the vCenter UI:
   "No VASA Provider for schema namespace (vmwarevmcrypt) found." 

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 8

Cause

An expired SMS certificate will keep the SPS service from finding and displaying any datastores in a Storage Policy.  The offline IOFilter Providers stop any datastores from showing in the Compatible datastores listing.

Resolution

Follow the resolution steps in KB Resolving IOFilter disconnected/offline post upgrade to 7.0u2 to remove the expired SMS certificate and clean up any offline storage providers.