Reset the VMware Aria
Operations Administrator Password from CLI
VMware Aria
Operations
Administrator Password from CLIYou must reset the password if the
admin account password is lost.
This procedure requires root
account credentials.
- InVMware Aria OperationsvApp deployments, when you log in to the console of the virtual application for the first time, you are forced to set a root password.
- TheVMware Aria Operationsconsole root password can be different than the admin account password that you set when configuring theVMware Aria Operationsprimary node.
When the
VMware Aria
Operations
password
for the built-in admin account is lost, follow these steps to reset it on vApp
clusters. - Log in to the master node command-line console asroot.
- Enter the following command, and follow the prompts.$VMWARE_PYTHON_BIN $VCOPS_BASE/../vmware-vcopssuite/utilities/sliceConfiguration/bin/vcopsSetAdminPassword.py --reset