Good day!
need help.
ESX5 has a host connected to vsphere.
Vsphere have access to the administrator.
But from ESX5 hosta forgotten password mouth.
is it possible to change the password of the host ESX vsphere?
in regards to forgotten root password for ESXI 5 below is the answer from VMware.
Reinstalling the ESXi host is the only supported way to reset a password on ESXi. Any other method may lead to a host failure or an unsupported configuration due to the complex nature of the ESXi architecture. ESXi does not have a service console and as such traditional Linux methods of resetting a password, such as single-user mode do not apply.
KB reference:
VMware KB: Changing a forgotten root password on an ESX/ESXi host
"Virtualinfra" is quite right, been there and done that recently, only thing to mention is if you are going to do this and you have a datastore locally ensure you preserve the current volume when you do this, don't format
If you have a ESXi host still connected to vCenter, but forgot the local root password, you can reset it using host profiles. This is from my blog: