changing esxi and esx root password?

[drivera01]

Hi,

Is there an easy way to change root passwords of esxi/esx hosts via powercli?

thanks!!!

[RvdNieuwendijk · Accepted solution]

You can use the Set-VMHostAccount cmdlet to change the root password of an ESX/ESXi server. Remember that you need to connect directly to the host to do this.

Connect-VIServer -Server ESX1.yourdomain.com -User root -Password secret

Set-VMHostAccount -UserAccount root -Password topsecret

Regards, Robert