I have lost the root password of my vCenter Server Appliance-How do I reset it?

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This is a simple guide on how to reset the vCenter Server Appliance root password if you don’t have it or you acquire second-use data center equipment with the password set on them already.

By Tekmart Enterprise Support Team

Follow the below steps to reset the unit:-

Take a snapshot of the vCenter Server Appliance.
Open the VMware Remote Console
Reboot the vCenter VM and when VCSA Photon OS starts, press e key to enter the GNU GRUB Menu.
Append following value to the end of the linux line “rw init=/bin/bash“
See screenshot below…
F10 to continue the boot
Run following commands to change the password:
# mount -o remount,rw /
# passwd
# umount /
# reboot -f
Done ! You’re good to go.

To properly we assume that you have basic proficiency in executing different Linux commands.