If ertificate of Vcenter is expired, services are not starting and you cannot access your VCenter \\ \\ Connect to your Vcenter using SSH and verify status of certificates for store in $(/usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vecs-cli store list | grep -v TRUSTED_ROOT_CRLS); do echo "[*] Store :" $store; /usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vecs-cli entry list --store $store --text | grep -ie "Alias" -ie "Not After";done; Check all certificates and see if some are expired \\ \\ If you have expired certificates, use the certificate manager utility to automatically renew your certificates /usr/lib/vmware-vmca/bin/certificate-manager Chose in the menu the option to renew required certificate \\