Reset root password vCenter Server Appliance 6.0

Forgot root password to vCenter Appliance 6.0

Most of the Cases –

• Gets Expired by default.
• Locked out by Wrong Attempts

Lets see how to change the root password –

• Reboot the vCSA 6.0 using the vSphere Client.
• When the GRUB boot loader appears, press the spacebar to disable auto boot.
• Press P to Enter Edit Mode

If the vCSA was deployed without editing the root password in the Virtual Appliance Management Interface (VAMI), the default GRUB password is vmware.

If the vCSA root password was reset using the VAMI, then the GRUB password is the password last set in the VAMI for the root account.

Choose the Second One.  kernel /…

Type e to edit the boot command.

Append

init=/bin/bash

to the kernel boot options.

• Press Enter. The GRUB menu reappears.
• Type b to start the boot process. The system boots to a shell.
• Reset the root password by running below command.

  passwd root

Restart the appliance by running the reboot command.

Set Password Never Expires – 

Login to Appliance

https://10.10.10.100:5480