vCenter SSO 5.1 Administrator Password has expired

[aj197]

we are planing to upgrade vCenter 5.1 Server, whose SSO administrator@vsphere.local password has expired . We tried to do a password reset as mentioned in the below link, but it is failing . We do not have any other user accounts that has rights on the SSO.

VMware vSphere 5.1

As you know, VMware support has ended since it is 5.1. Please help.

Aj

[admin · Accepted solution]

Try this,.

On the Windows host running vCenter Single Sign-On:

    Open an elevated command prompt and run the command:

    SET JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\jre

    Note: This is the default path of the JRE folder for vCenter Server 5.1. If vCenter Server has been installed in a custom location, change command accordingly.

    Navigate to the ssolscli directory

    c:\>cd C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\SSOServer\ssolscli

    Run the following command:

    ssopass -d https://FQDN_of_SSO_server:7444/lookupservice/sdk username

    Type your current password, even if it is expired.

    Type the new password, and then type it again to confirm.

Regards,

Randhir

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