Connect-VIServer The SSL connection could not be established, see inner exception [Solved]

Recently, i've taken up familiarity with Powershell interfacing with VMWware for automation and first issue i came across was when attempting to connect to EsXi with below command

"Connect-VIServer -Server $vCenterServer"

NFS Datastore inaccessible after ugprade to ESXi 8.0 update 2

After recent upgrade From ESXi 7.0 U3 to ESXi 8 update 2, i lost access to my NFS datastore. After hours of online search, i realized the culprit was the esxi firewall.

Resolution:

1. Enable SSH in esxi   

2. Log into ESXI host via ssh using putty and execute below command: