Root Passwort VMWare abgelaufen

Symptoms

    -Your vCenter 6.5 or 6.7 server automatically expired your root password
    - You left the default setting to expire the root password in your vCenter Appliance
    - When you try to log on to the management website :5480 with root, it says the password is expired.
    - You know what the root password is.

How to fix:

    - Open console to your VCSA by logging on to the vSphere ESXi server that is hosting it
    - Press F2 to configure your vCenter appliance
    - When prompted, type in your root password (it should work, even if expired)
        Note: Even though there is an option here to change your root password, it doesn’t seem to work when root is expired.
    - Go to troubleshooting options and enable BASH and enable SSH
    - Connect to your VCSA using SSH – logging on with root and your expired password will work.
    - Select BASH shell from the menu
    - type “passwd” and press Enter
    - If you want to keep your current root password, just enter it twice here.
    - If you want to use a new root password, enter it twice here.
    - Verify it works by opening the management website :5480 to your vCenter server and logging on.