Change VCenter 6.0 Appliance root password

[joecostantino82]

We currently have 2 ESXi 5.5 hosts managed by a VCenter 6.0 appliance hosted on 1 of the Hosts.  I am able to connect to both of the Hosts with root password, but the VCenter appliance I must seem to have used a different password.  I did however setup domain rights to login to the VCenter through the VSphere Client.  Is there a way to reset the root password while logged into VCenter as a domain admin?  If that is not possible, what is the best way to reset the root password for that VCenter appliance?

Thanks!

[daphnissov]

There's a procedure documented here.

[Wonlliv]

Hi there,

maybe take a look at this blog post:

[How To] Unknown root / GRUB passwd prior to VMware vCSA upgrade

https://hyper-converged.com/2017/09/27/how-to-unknown-root-grub-passwd-prior-to-vmware-vcsa-upgrade/