"The plug-in failed to load on server" error during install of Storage Monitoring Service plug-in

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
When logged in to the vCenter Server 6.0 using the vSphere Client and you have an earlier versions of the client installed, you experience these symptoms:

• Installing the Storage Monitoring Service Plug-in fails.
• Enabling the vCenter Storage Monitoring Service Plug-in fails.
• The Plug-in Manager reports the error similar to:
  
  The plug-in failed to load on server(s) xxxxx due to the following error:
  Could not load file or assembly 'VI, Version=5.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7c80a434483c7c50' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 6.0.x

Resolution

This is an expected behavior in VMware vCenter Server 6.0.

• The Storage Reports selection from an object's Monitor tab is no longer available in the vSphere 6.0 Web Client.
• The Storage Views tab is no longer available in the vSphere 6.0 Client.

For more information, see the Product Support Notices section in the VMware vCenter Server 6.0 Release Notes.

 

The Storage Monitoring Service plug-in is for the previous versions of VMware vCenter Server. This plug-in is visible if an earlier version of the vSphere Client is installed. VMware recommends to uninstall earlier versions of the vSphere Client that are no longer in use.

Additional Information

• 在 VMware vCenter Server 6.0 中安装存储监控服务插件失败
• VMware vCenter Server 6.0 で Storage Monitoring Service プラグインのインストールが失敗する