diff --git a/.chloggen/fix_vcenter-client-errors-on-empty-vapps.yaml b/.chloggen/fix_vcenter-client-errors-on-empty-vapps.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3d71d2fcbc7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/fix_vcenter-client-errors-on-empty-vapps.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: bug_fix
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: vcenterreceiver
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: "vcenterreceiver client no longer returns error if no Virtual Apps are found."
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [33073]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [user]
diff --git a/.chloggen/fix_vcenter-datastore-attributes.yaml b/.chloggen/fix_vcenter-datastore-attributes.yaml
index d6d3dcfc4a34..78d289a463fa 100644
--- a/.chloggen/fix_vcenter-datastore-attributes.yaml
+++ b/.chloggen/fix_vcenter-datastore-attributes.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ subtext: |
   If there were multiple Clusters, Datastore metrics were being repeated under Resources differentiated with a
   `vcenter.cluster.name` resource attribute. In the same vein, if there were standalone Hosts, in addition to
   clusters the metrics would be repeated under a Resource without the `vcenter.cluster.name` attribute. Now there
-  will only be a single set of metrics for one Datastore (as there should be, as Datastores don't be long to
+  will only be a single set of metrics for one Datastore (as there should be, as Datastores don't belong to
   Clusters).
 
 # If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
diff --git a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/client.go b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/client.go
index a68156d7ea86..6bf61883dd9b 100644
--- a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/client.go
+++ b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/client.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package vcenterreceiver // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-colle
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 
@@ -236,11 +237,16 @@ func (vc *vcenterClient) ResourcePoolInventoryListObjects(ctx context.Context) (
 // VAppInventoryListObjects returns the vApps (with populated InventoryLists) of the vSphere SDK
 func (vc *vcenterClient) VAppInventoryListObjects(ctx context.Context) ([]*object.VirtualApp, error) {
 	vApps, err := vc.finder.VirtualAppList(ctx, "*")
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to retrieve vApps with InventoryLists: %w", err)
+	if err == nil {
+		return vApps, nil
+	}
+
+	var notFoundErr *find.NotFoundError
+	if errors.As(err, &notFoundErr) {
+		return []*object.VirtualApp{}, nil
 	}
 
-	return vApps, nil
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to retrieve vApps with InventoryLists: %w", err)
 }
 
 // PerfMetricsQueryResult contains performance metric related data
diff --git a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/client_test.go b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/client_test.go
index 4048cd780ba3..1576b4f2da3a 100644
--- a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/client_test.go
+++ b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/client_test.go
@@ -51,6 +51,26 @@ func TestDatastores(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestEmptyDatastores(t *testing.T) {
+	vpx := simulator.VPX()
+	vpx.Datastore = 0
+	vpx.Machine = 0
+	simulator.Test(func(ctx context.Context, c *vim25.Client) {
+		finder := find.NewFinder(c)
+		vm := view.NewManager(c)
+		client := vcenterClient{
+			vimDriver: c,
+			finder:    finder,
+			vm:        vm,
+		}
+		dc, err := finder.DefaultDatacenter(ctx)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		dss, err := client.Datastores(ctx, dc.Reference())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Empty(t, dss, 0)
+	}, vpx)
+}
+
 func TestComputeResources(t *testing.T) {
 	simulator.Test(func(ctx context.Context, c *vim25.Client) {
 		finder := find.NewFinder(c)
@@ -68,6 +88,24 @@ func TestComputeResources(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestComputeResourcesWithStandalone(t *testing.T) {
+	esx := simulator.ESX()
+	simulator.Test(func(ctx context.Context, c *vim25.Client) {
+		finder := find.NewFinder(c)
+		vm := view.NewManager(c)
+		client := vcenterClient{
+			vimDriver: c,
+			finder:    finder,
+			vm:        vm,
+		}
+		dc, err := finder.DefaultDatacenter(ctx)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		crs, err := client.ComputeResources(ctx, dc.Reference())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NotEmpty(t, crs, 0)
+	}, esx)
+}
+
 func TestHostSystems(t *testing.T) {
 	simulator.Test(func(ctx context.Context, c *vim25.Client) {
 		finder := find.NewFinder(c)
@@ -85,6 +123,27 @@ func TestHostSystems(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestEmptyHostSystems(t *testing.T) {
+	vpx := simulator.VPX()
+	vpx.Host = 0
+	vpx.ClusterHost = 0
+	vpx.Machine = 0
+	simulator.Test(func(ctx context.Context, c *vim25.Client) {
+		finder := find.NewFinder(c)
+		vm := view.NewManager(c)
+		client := vcenterClient{
+			vimDriver: c,
+			finder:    finder,
+			vm:        vm,
+		}
+		dc, err := finder.DefaultDatacenter(ctx)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		hss, err := client.HostSystems(ctx, dc.Reference())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Empty(t, hss, 0)
+	}, vpx)
+}
+
 func TestResourcePools(t *testing.T) {
 	simulator.Test(func(ctx context.Context, c *vim25.Client) {
 		finder := find.NewFinder(c)
@@ -119,6 +178,25 @@ func TestVMs(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestEmptyVMs(t *testing.T) {
+	vpx := simulator.VPX()
+	vpx.Machine = 0
+	simulator.Test(func(ctx context.Context, c *vim25.Client) {
+		finder := find.NewFinder(c)
+		vm := view.NewManager(c)
+		client := vcenterClient{
+			vimDriver: c,
+			finder:    finder,
+			vm:        vm,
+		}
+		dc, err := finder.DefaultDatacenter(ctx)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		vms, err := client.VMs(ctx, dc.Reference())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Empty(t, vms, 0)
+	}, vpx)
+}
+
 func TestPerfMetricsQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	esx := simulator.ESX()
 	simulator.Test(func(ctx context.Context, c *vim25.Client) {
@@ -172,6 +250,19 @@ func TestVAppInventoryListObjects(t *testing.T) {
 	}, vpx)
 }
 
+func TestEmptyVAppInventoryListObjects(t *testing.T) {
+	simulator.Test(func(ctx context.Context, c *vim25.Client) {
+		finder := find.NewFinder(c)
+		client := vcenterClient{
+			vimDriver: c,
+			finder:    finder,
+		}
+		vApps, err := client.VAppInventoryListObjects(ctx)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Empty(t, vApps, 0)
+	})
+}
+
 func TestSessionReestablish(t *testing.T) {
 	simulator.Test(func(ctx context.Context, c *vim25.Client) {
 		sm := session.NewManager(c)