Also, if your vCenter Server and vSphere Client are installed on the same machine, the min memory requirement is 3-4 GB.

Thanks.

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I have a similar problem.

vSphere Client and VMware vCenter Server are both Version 4.0.0 (Build 162856)

On a physical server running Windows 2008 x64 SP2 with 8GB RAM

The delay occurs even with vCenter client logging on the local host. The delay started as soon as I configure the Update Manager Plug-in.

During the "Discovering Plugins..." delay, the CPU is at 0 - 4% utilisation.

The current plug-ins installed are:

vCenter Guided Consolidation, vCenter Storage Monitoring, VMware vCenter Update Manager, vCenter Service Status, and vCenter Hardware Status

(not installed is the vCenter Converter)

Any clues would be appreciated.

Thanx

N.

Hi

In my case, if I disable the plug-in it makes no difference. The delay is the same.

When re-enabling the plug-in there is also a reasonable pause (title bar shows the vShere Client is not responding) - if you wait it does complete however. Again no difference to the 'discovering plugins' delay.

Not sure how to un-install the plug-in.

Thx,

N.

OK

Well my client is on the actual vCenter server. Anyhow, I did the add/remove and completely removed Update Manager. After a reboot, the delay is still present, however I get an error message:

There was an error connecting to VMware vCenter Update Manager - server.fqdn:8084.

The request failed because of a connection failure. (unable to connect to the remote server)

If I look in plug-in manager the plugin is still there, with a red icon and disabled.

I can't see a specific add/remove entry to just remove the plugin.

Thx,

N.

I am having the same problem... If I uninstall the Update Manager plug-in the client does not hang on the discovering plugins. If I add the plugin back it starts again.

Both vCenter server and cliend are both 162856. plugin is version 4.0.0.394.

Thoughts?

Chris

We have a very complex environment. I am having this problem with two of our three vCenters.

With two of our vCenters our MS SQL server and vCenter is located in a high security zone on our network. Since Update Manager has to communicate with the internet it has to be in a lesser secure zone to allow this communications. Currently Update Manager is joined to a domain but vCenter is not joined to a domain.

The third vCenter I am not having this problem with. vCenter and Update Manager are in the same domain and it is running from an Oracle DB.

I can’t find anything in the documentation that talks about AD membership for Update Manager. I have found where AD membership is required for some vShere features. Hmmm.

I will have to look into it more.
Chris