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September 18, 2015 VMWare

How to Reset Root Password in VMware vCenter Appliance

Let’s consider how to reset a forgotten root password on the deployed VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA). We remind that vCSA is a ready virtual machine with an installed Linux OS and configured vCenter Server and additional services. Since a VM vCenter Appliance is built on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, our task is to reset a root password in Linux.

So to force root pasword change (reset) on vCSA (in this example vCenter Appliance 5.5 is used), do the following:

  1. Restart vCSA virtual machine from vSphere Client
  2. When GRUB window appears, press SPACE to prevent startup. GRUB VMware vCenter Appliance
  3. Press P to display boot settings
  4. Enter GRUB password  GRUB password
    Note:
    • If vCSA has been installed without changing the password using Virtual Appliance Management Interface (VAMI), the default GRUB password is vmware.
    • If the vCSA password has been reset using VAMI, the GRUB password corresponds to the one set in VAMI.

  5. Using arrow keys, select VMware vCenter Server Appliance in the menu and press E to go to boot parameters
  6. Select the entry with kernel boot parameters (kernel)
  7. Press E to edit the boot parameterskernel boot parametrs
  8. Add init=/bin/bash to the kernel boot parametersinit=/bin/bash
  9. Press Enter, then the GRUB menu appears
  10. Press B to boot the system
  11. In the shell window, change the root password using the command passwd root.
  12. Restart vCSA with reboot command.
Note. By default, in vCSA 5.5 the root password expires in 90 days. You can change this in Admin tab of  vCenter Appliance (https://ip-address-vcsa:5480/) management window.  

vCSA password settings

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3 comments

suriya April 2, 2016 - 11:48 am

Very useful info. 
GRUB password can be cleared using following article. 
http://www.unixarena.com/2016/04/reset-grub-root-password-vcsa-6-0.html

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Yevgeniy September 22, 2016 - 12:16 pm

appreciate this article……use it 😉

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Deepak More December 13, 2016 - 9:18 am

Good Article , i was able to reset the password by the following procedure

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