Currently having trouble starting the vCenter Inventory Service, which is causing problems when using the vSphere Web Client, showing it cannot connect to the Inventory service.
I checked windows services and this is showing it as stopped, I tried starting the service but it only got halfway then stopped.
I tried performing a backup of the Inventory DB but this failed also saying it couldn't locate C:\ProgramData\VMware\Infrastructure\Inventory Service\ssl\rui.pfx
When checking in the folder Inventory service I can only see a directory called Logs and none called SSL.
Would performing an Inventory reset resolve the issue or is there another underlying problem?
The reset process states this:
Warning: This procedure causes all data stored in the Inventory Service database to be lost.
In terms of using the vSphere Client will this cause major problems, what data will be lost?
Help is much appreciated.