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#VMWARE ESXI 5 ROOT DEFAULT PASSWORD PASSWORD#

Look for the 2 partitions with identical size and take note of their names. Click Try Ubuntu (which will boot the OS with no install)Ĭlick on the Dash Home icon at the top left and type in Gp then click on GParted Partition Editor

Linux Live boot CD (I am using Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 for this example)īoot off an Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 CD (Free from Ubuntu Website).

Physical access to the server (or out of band management – iLO, DRAC).

Take your host out of maintenance mode and you’re good to go!

#VMWARE ESXI 5 ROOT DEFAULT PASSWORD PASSWORD#

Your password will now be reset! Right click the host again, go to Host Profile and click Manage Profile. After a brief pause a dialogue box will appear saying the administrator password will be changed. Put the host into maintenance mode and right click the host again and go to Host Profile and then Apply Profile. Select the profile you created and click OK Go back to Host and Clusters view, right click your host, go to Host Profile and click Manage Profile. This will ensure the policy can only change the root password on the host. Untick everything but Security configuration. Right click your profile again and select Enable/Disable profile configuration. Right click the profile you just created and Edit ProfileĬlick Security configuration and on the right click Edit next to What should the administrator password be?Ĭhange the drop-down box to Configure a fixed administrator password, type in the new password and click OK Goto Home in the navigation bar and click Host Profiles I’ve used Password Reset in this example. Type in a name and click Next then Finish. Right click your host in vCenter and go to Host Profile and click Create Profile from Host

A reboot of the host resolves this.Ĭlick on Local Users & Groups, right click on root and click edit Note: I’ve had an issue where I got a ‘ General System Error‘ on logon. Open another instance of the vCenter client and connect directly to the host with your AD credentials. If it doesn’t create it and add yourself to it.Ĭonnect to the host through vCenter, Click Configuration then Authentication Services then PropertiesĬhange the Directory Service Type to Active Directory, then click Join Domain and enter in appropriate credentials

Permission to create a group on the domainĬheck Active Directory if the group ESX Admins exists.

Permission to add a server to the domain.

The 3rd (and unsupported by VMware) doesn’t. Had an issue this week where the password I had in my password safe for root on an ESXi box wasn’t correct.Īfter doing a bit of reading I found 3 different ways to reset the password.