We have requirements to change passwords periodically. I understand that the root password, if ever lost, is not recoverable other than through re-installation of the hypervisor. However, all I'm looking to do is change the password since we know it. I can log in to the ESXi host, see the warning that it's being managed by the vCenter Server, and I can get to the user config and edit the 'root' account where it shows the password fields, but I'm wondering if it's that simple to change it since I had an issue a while back that was strange, and since I'm not sure if changing it here also impacts the SSH and DCUI access for the host. Is it that simple? (I believe I had changed it this way once and tried to log into the DCUI as root but it used an older password, which I still knew, so I'm skeptical)
If you login to the host UI with root you can change the password:
Not sure if you still can but I have done it in the past using Host profiles.
Don't think its possible just using the UI of an individual host but again ive not needed to for ages..!
You can use host profiles to change the root password if you got the vsphere enterprise plus.
https://www.vladan.fr/how-to-reset-esxi-6-x-root-password-and-under-which-conditions/
If you login to the host UI with root you can change the password:
Sorry i should of read the authors post a lillle closer..
Was under the impression the Admin password had gone south..!
Paul
Thanks, I think that's what I was looking for.