If it’s for the Vcenter 7.0, if the root password is expired, you just have to take an SSH session to the centre server with your current root passwords. It will prompt you to reset the password. Enter your current and new passwords and you are done.
How to fix: Open console to your VCSA by logging on to the vSphere ESXi server that is hosting it Press F2 to configure your vCenter appliance When prompted, type in your root password (it should work, even if expired) Note: Even though there is an option here to change your root password, it doesn’t seem to work when root is expired.
11.01.2018 · Root password expired on vCenter VCSA 6.5 Posted on 11th January 2018 by @mpoore I thought I’d update my homelab’s primary vCenter to the latest and greatest (6.5 update 1d), when I encountered an issue with the root password.
11.06.2019 · Recently, I forgot vCSA root password again, and that’s how I came up with the idea of this article. Today, I use an ESXi 6.7 U2 host with vCSA 6.7 U2 on top to show how to reset vCSA root password. What is vCSA? Come on, it is nothing more than a VM with Photon OS on top and a configured vCenter Server instance. How you reset the password
20.05.2019 · How to fix: Open console to your VCSA by logging on to the vSphere ESXi server that is hosting it. Press F2 to configure your vCenter appliance. When prompted, type in your root password (it should work, even if expired) Note: Even though there is an option here to change your root password, it doesn’t seem to work when root is expired.
26.07.2021 · Process to Reset the Root Password in VCSA: Note: 6.7U1 and later has a simpler method to reset the password, see How to reset the lost or forgotten root password in vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 U1 and later. To reset the root password for the vCenter Server Appliance: Take a snapshot or backup of the vCenter Server Appliance before proceeding.
In case the VMware VCSA root password is expired it is still possible to recover and update with a new root password. A sign of an expired password will usually ...
If it's for the Vcenter 7.0, if the root password is expired, you just have to take an SSH session to the centre server with your current root passwords. It ...
13.10.2020 · This is because you have forget to change your vCenter root password before it expired and the solution is simple. First, log into the vCenter appliance via SSH and still your expired password is valid to login here. Then type "shell" and press enter to enable shell commands. Then enter passwd command to reset the password. this will ask the ...
24.04.2017 · While carrying out research for this post, most of the info I came across stated that the GRUB password on VCSA is set to vmware by default unless the root password was changed via VAMI, in which case both the GRUB and root password are set to be the same. When I installed VCSA 6.0 U2 (version 6.0.0.20000-3634791) I found that this was not the case.