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Server path error in vSphere 4.1

First off, this is related to the post in VMware Communities here: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1576370

I recently updated a VMware Infrastructure to vCenter 4.1. All ESX servers were still on ESXi 3.5. This shouldn't be a problem, you just can't use some of the new features available in 4.1. That's fine, except that I couldn't view the managed paths in the ESX servers. I would get the error below. I would get the same error when trying to manually migrate a virtual machine to a different ESX server.

You can see the error states Item has already been added. Key in dictionary: 'Vmomi.Host.PlugStoreTopology+Path' Key being added: 'Vmomi.Host.PlugStoreTopology+Path'. And of course you can see that two entries are listed.

I tried multiple solutions, including completely reinstalling vCenter with a new database and reconfiguring. Restarting the ESX servers didn't matter. The real solution was upgrading all of the ESXi servers to 4.1. This shouldn't seem necessary, but the upgrade through Upgrade Manager (they got rid of the Host Update Utility after 4.0) was relatively easy and smooth. After having issues with vCenter 4.1 I was reluctant to move the ESX servers there, but so far everything is working great, including migrations and managed paths.