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How To Reset VMware Skyline Collector Root Password

This 3 sentence summary provides the key steps to reset the root password on a Skyline Collector appliance: 1. Take a snapshot of the Skyline Collector appliance for backup. 2. Reboot the appliance and enter "rw init=/bin/bash" at the GRUB boot screen to access a command prompt. 3. At the command prompt, use the "passwd" command to reset the root password, then type "reboot -f" to restart the appliance with the new password.

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How To Reset VMware Skyline Collector Root Password

This 3 sentence summary provides the key steps to reset the root password on a Skyline Collector appliance: 1. Take a snapshot of the Skyline Collector appliance for backup. 2. Reboot the appliance and enter "rw init=/bin/bash" at the GRUB boot screen to access a command prompt. 3. At the command prompt, use the "passwd" command to reset the root password, then type "reboot -f" to restart the appliance with the new password.

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How to reset VMware Skyline

Collector root password


BY CALEB WELLS · JANUARY 6, 2020
So,  this blog post came from me trying to manually update my Skyline Collector
and forgetting my root password. This is a very simple process that VMware does
a great job outlining the process, but I’m more of a visual type of person.
Therefore, I decided to show the process.

1.First,  take a snapshot of the Skyline Collector appliance.

2. Next, reboot the appliance and press  “e” at Photon OS splash screen.

3. Once  you get to the GRUB boot scree, you will need to enter “rw
init=/bin/bash” after systemd_cmdline.
4. After you enter the command, press F10 and you will be brought to a command
prompt.

5. Now its time to reset the password. At the command prompt type “passwd” and
you will be prompted to enter a new root password twice.
6. The last step is to reboot the appliance. Type “reboot -f” and the appliance will
be rebooted. At  that point, you will have a new root password.

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