Thanks for the update . Rebuilding the database didn't help in my case but that log file referenced in that KB article helps me. Rebuilding did change the behavior a bit as after when I logged in I immediately received the error "Client is not authenticated to VMware Inventory Service". I rolled back.
In my /var/log/vmware/vpx/inventoryservice/ds.log I have this error:
inherited from com.vmware.vim.binding.vim.fault.InvalidLogin: Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password.
I tried reinstalling all my signed certificates and I also tried this KB article about re-registering the inventory service:
VMware KB: vCenter Inventory Service fails to start in vCenter Server Appliance 5.x
Unfortunately no change for me. Anyone got a suggestion based on that error message I receive?
Message was edited by: djsupreme "fixed KB link"