Category Archives: VMware

How to reset root password on vCenter Appliance 5.5?

Recently I have had to use my lab but unfortunately I forgot root password to vCenter Appliance 😀 However, fortunately, the vCenter Appliance is a Linux distribution, so it was not a difficult to change the root password. To change the root password, please follow the steps: Reboot the vCSA using the vSphere Client. When… Read More »

Tools for monitoring and deleting VMware snapshots

Recently we have discussed about snapshot best practices and recommendations. In this article I will show how to monitor and detect (orphaned) snapshots. Nowadays, I think everybody has faced at least once with problems caused by snapshots (or orphaned snapshot). These problem could be: Low performance of VM Disk consolidation needed Out of space on… Read More »