Esxi root account unlock

[Pilu1978]

Hi,

There is a urgent requirement to check if root account on a host is locked and if yes then unlock it. 

Is it possible using powercli.

Please help.

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Account lockout is not active in the console/DCUI, you should be able to unlock the root account from there.

pam_tally2 --user root --reset

I don't think there is a way to do this from PowerCLI and/or an SSH session.
You do need the DCUI afaik

[Pilu1978]

Thanks LucD.