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arvin1201
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ESXi Root Password Recovery

Hi All,

Can you please help, how can we recover the ESXi server Root password other than Rebuild of ESXi.

Please suggest.

Regards,

Arvin Kumar

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continuum
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Have a look here:
Reset VMware ESXi root password - Thomas-Krenn-Wiki


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IT_pilot
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arvin1201
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Thank you all, I will check these suggestions and come back if I have any queries

Regards

Arvin

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adgate
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Reinstalling the ESXi host is the only supported way to reset a password on ESXi.

But there are a few workarounds. https://communities.vmware.com/thread/571654

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vAndrew
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You cant recover it, but you can reset it to blank with a bootable linux iso, then log into it and reset it.

Its not a supported way, but it does work

-- Andrew (VMware VCP-DCV, MCSA)
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