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jayaramanit123
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Installed ESXI 6.7 in 32GB micro SD card , forgot the root password , when I tried reinstalling , it is not asking for password and coming up with same configuration.

Installed ESXI 6.7 in 32GB micro SD card and created the local VMFS store  , forgot the root password , when I tried reinstalling , it is not asking for password and coming up with same configuration. Need to know reinstall freshly and delete the local VMFS datastore.

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scott28tt
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VMware Employee

Wipe the SD card and try again?


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tommylidal
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Contributor

Hi.

Do you have vcenter connected ? then maybe use this ?
VMware Knowledge Base

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KocPawel
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Hot Shot

Check this one: VMware Knowledge Base

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jayaramanit123
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Contributor

how to format the SD card , ILO dont have option to format the SD card.

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