I found that if I remove a host from inventory, rescan storage providers, then add it back, the cert was reissued by the vcenter server vs the old psc. I've got all my storage providers online again!
Original Message:
Sent: May 24, 2024 06:52 PM
From: Joel Finger
Subject: Storage Providers / IOFILTER
Thank you for this. As soon as I get my vCenter 8 licensing information, I'll detach one of my v7 hosts where the storage provider is showing offline, attach it to my v8 environment and run through that process. Trying to think of what else this could mess with. I don't that with hosts in this state, I couldn't introduce Commvault Replication IO filters and policies due to the host storage provider being offline.
Original Message:
Sent: May 23, 2024 05:07 PM
From: Eric Gravel
Subject: Storage Providers / IOFILTER
I had that issue and followed this KB and fixed my issue.
https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?legacyId=84197
Original Message:
Sent: May 23, 2024 02:22 PM
From: Joel Finger
Subject: Storage Providers / IOFILTER
I recently noticed I have a bunch of hosts showing in Storage Filters with either expired or expiring certificates that cannot be renewed. These IOFILTERS are showing offline. Well, I figured out why they are offline - the certificate issuer is the external PSC that got retired when our org moved to vCenter 7. I know I can install fresh ESXi on a host and it will connect without issue. I would like to avoid having to reload hosts in order for this issue to go away. Eventually, I am planning on migrating hosts to a new vCenter v8 environment at which time all hosts are going to have an issue with the original certificate issuer.
Thanks in advance.