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AlexGosh
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how to retrieve access to esxi hosts

Hi All,

I had to uninstall vcenter 5.0 due to software crash. after uninstall vcenter, obviously I lost connection to all ESXi hosts. is there anyway to retrieve access to those host? what's the easiest way?

thanks for advice

Alex

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a_p_
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Unless the hosts are locked down (Lock Down mode enabled) you can use the vSphere Client to connect directly to the hosts and login using e.g. the root account.

André

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