Okay, so I logged an SR and this is what happened: ssh onto ESRS as root "service esrshttpdR status" showed service had failed to start "systemctl start esrshttpdR" correctly started service, and VE is back online.
Since upgrading to 3.40.00.14 ESRS is showing VE Status as constantly "Loading.." and never shows online or offline.  If I click on the Update tab, the "Latest Available Version" is blank.  In the Alerts tab, every entry is showing a status 500.  Unisphere is confirming that it can't talk to EMC via ESRS with the message "ESRS is enabled but is not able to connect to EMC". Have rebooted the VE a few times to no avail. Anyone else seeing anything like this?
ESRS VE Status "Loading" after upgrade to 3.40.00.14