No certificates are listed under Manage -> Certificates -> VCF Management

Products

• VCF Operations

Issue/Introduction

• In VCF Operations 9.1, navigate to Manage > Certificates > VCF Management. All VCF components show empty fields.
• Navigate to Operate > Administration > Configuration > Inventory Management > Adapter Instances > VMware Infrastructure Management adapter instances.
  On the VIM instance, when clicking the collection status in a warning state, the following error is shown in the UI:

Instance: Infrastructure Management Adapter (<VCF-Ops-node-pointing-to-this-adapter-instance>)
Status: Error
Message: Duplicate Key (attempted merging values com.integrien.alive.common.adapter3.config.CertificateConfig@###### and com.integrien.alive.common.adapter3.config.CertificateConfig@#####)
Type: Infrastructure Management

Environment

VCF Operations 9.1..x

Resolution

Use the following workaround to stop the duplicate VIM instance:

1. Restart Infrastructure Management Adapter Instances:
   • Log in to the VCF Operations UI as an administrator.
   • Navigate to Operate > Administration > Configuration > Inventory Management → Adapter Instances > VMware Infrastructure Management adapter instances.
   • Select all Infrastructure Management Adapter rows > click Start Maintenance.
   • Select all Infrastructure Management Adapter rows > click End Maintenance.
2. Identify the duplicate VIM adapter ID:
   • Navigate to Operate > Administration > Configurations > Inventory Management.
   • Under Adapter Instance, select VMware Infrastructure Management adapter instance (the screenshot below is only for recreation purposes); at the bottom of the page, click the blue icon.
   • Enable the ID, Name, Adapter Type, Object type, Creation time, Collection state, and Collection status.
   • Identify the oldest adapter instance by the creation date and note the ID or UUID.
3. Stop the duplicate instance using the Operations API:
   • Navigate to Build > Developer Centre > API & SDKs > Operations API.
   • Authenticate using Administrative credentials.
   • Locate the endpoint: PUT /api/adapters/{adapterId}/monitoringstate/stop.
   • Select Try it out.
   • Input the adapter ID identified in Step 2.
   • Click Execute.