Forgot root password

We have just set ESXI5.0 on three boxes of host and we are able to enter in two of them. The third seems to have a different password for the root user. We tried everything we could because we thought that we used the same for all three shift caps lock, NumLock, and all. How would I go about resetting the password to root on this host of ESXI 5.0? We plan to level these hosts to 5.5 but we need the root password to do. Thank you.

Welcome to the community,

Unfortunately, the only way to 'reset' support the root password is to reinstall the host (see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1317898).

One thought, you use a configuration other than the default (US) keyboard? Maybe the password for the host was entered without selecting the correct layout!

André

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