Knowledge Base

Changing VMware Vcenter Root Password

To change the VMware Vcenter root password, follow the steps below.

1- While restarting the Vmware server, press the e key on the GRUB screen.

2- Select VMware vCenter Server Appliance from the options that appear and press the e button again.

3- Select the line that says kernel... and press the e button. Type init=/bin/bash at the end of the line and press the Enter button.

Boot by pressing the 4-b key.

5-Type "passwd" in the command line that appears at startup and enter the new password.

NOTE: ! ^ & / ( ) ? Special characters like should be added.

After your process is completed, restart the server with the command below.

mkfifo /dev/initctl

reboot -f