Increasing RDM Disk Size for a Windows VM

Increasing the size of the RDM disk is a very simple process 1. Login to the Storage Manager and Increase the LUN which is presented to the VM as RDM 2. Increasing of the LUN can be done online with the VM in Running state 3. Login to the vCenter and Select a Rescan on…

vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 administrator password recovery

Recover administrator@vsphere.local password on a Windows server: 1. Log in to the  server where the vCenter Single Sign-On is installed. 2. Open an elevated command prompt. 3. Navigate to the vmdird directory with this command: c:\>cd Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\VMware\CIS\vmdird 4. Open the vdcadmintool service tool with this command: c:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\VMware\CIS\vmdird>vdcadmintool.exe. The following console loads: =============================== Please…

Lost ESXi root password? Here is a way to restore it…

I lost my root password for a LAB ESXi 5.5 & ESXi 6.0 host. VMware KB said we have to reinstall the ESXi as there is no standard way to recover it. Below is tutorial to show you how to reset lost ESXi root password. You need a Linux Live CD to perform this action….