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Rohail2004
Enthusiast
Enthusiast

change all esxi password via powercli

any good scripts to change all esxi passwords...

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linotelera
Hot Shot
Hot Shot

Hi

hope this could help:

https://deangrant.wordpress.com/2014/07/15/powercli-changing-esxi-host-root-password/

to solve your problem you cloud connect to vcenter or use a csv and cycle through every hosts.

Hope this could help

Regards

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a_p_
Leadership
Leadership

For PowerCLI related tasks google for:

change esxi root password powercli  site:lucd.info

Make sure you don't forget site:lucd.info in the search string.

André

Ghent_Gunn
Contributor
Contributor

A script that works starting with ESXi6. Can reset via the vCenter and does not require you to know the ESXi host password.

Reset ESXi root password through vCenter: The ESXCLI method

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