Re: vSphere 5.5 : "The storage service is not initialized"

- please post screen with list all VMware services with "Log On As" column...

- which database are you using?

- which account is configured to access this database?

- are you using self-signed certificates?

Also check these KBs (not all directly for 5.5. anyway check them):

VMware KB:     VMware vCenter Storage Monitoring Service fails with the error: Service initialization failed

VMware KB: VMware vCenter Server 5.x Storage Monitoring and Profile Driven Storage Service fails with the error: Una…

VMware KB: Alerts are displayed in vCenter service status after upgrading to vCenter Server 5.x

Thanks,

P.