Is there any impact if we reset VMware vSphere® Appliance Management root password ?

[JoeBoush]

Hi all

I'm just wondering if there is any impact on the vCenter connectivity, ESXi's connectivity or even the running VMs if we reset the VMware vSphere®  Appliance Management root password ?

https://localhost:5480/#/login?locale=en

I can't remember at all the user or even the password , but I guess the user must be root ?

I found this article VMware Knowledge Base  showing how to reset the password , but we need to make sure that will not affect our servers.

Thank you

Best regards

[a_p_ · Accepted solution]

There won't be an impact with resetting the Appliance's "root" password, except you do have any 3rd-party tools or scripts running which are using this account.

André

[a_p_]

... and once you've reset the password, you may consider to login to the Appliance Management, and disable the account expiry for the root account (default expiry is 90 days).

André

[RickVerstegen]

No impact. The username is indeed root to log in.