topic Re: Changing root password on Simplivity in HPE SimpliVity

Changing root password on Simplivity

giladzzz — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 09:55:37 GMT

Can someone send procedure for changing root password on Simplivity ESXI hosts

I can see you have to run a command in CLI.

the version is latest 5.1.0U1

Regards

Re: Changing root password on Simplivity

NeetSat — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 04:40:28 GMT

Hi Giladzzz,
Good day.
The procedure to change the root password on ESXi, still remains the same as that of any Standard ESXi hosts.
You login to the ILO > DCUI > F2 to login > Configure Password > Change Password
This article explains the steps :
https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/318960/changing-an-esxi-host-root-password.html

Now once this part is done on the ESXi, you will then have to login to the OVC of the ESXi host, whose root account has been changed.
> Login using the Administrator@vsphere.local account on OVC
> sudo su
> source /var/tmp/build/bin/appsetup
> dsv-digitalvault-init --hmsuser administrator@vsphere.local --hostip x.x.x.x --hostuser root >>>press enter
Here
--hmsuser : vCenter Global Administrator administrator@vsphere.local
--hostip : ESXi Ip address
--hostuser : ESXi root user

It will prompt you that the creds information will be over-written, so you can accept it and then type "y" and press enter
Upon this, it will now prompt you to enter the password for Administrator@vsphere.local account . Once you enter the password, press enter
Now this prompt is for providing the root account password, the new password that you setup. Once you type the new password, press enter again.
This will update the details on the OVC with the new credentails

Lastly, you need to run another command on the OVC:
dsv-digitalvault-update-vcenter --username Administrator@vsphere.local
This will prompt you to enter the creds again for the vCenter username.
If every output looks successfully completed, then you should be good.

I would suggest, if you are not familiar with the above commands to be run, then you can always reach out to the SimpliVity support team for further assistance.

Re: Changing root password on Simplivity

Mahesh202 — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:41:50 GMT

Hi Glidazz

I request you to watch the video of HPE SIMPLIVITY - REMOTE ACCESS FOR ESXI LOCAL USER ACCOUNT 'ROOT' HAS BEEN LOCKED, which explains the procedure on how to reset or change the password.

here's the link for the video "https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/videoDisplay?videoId=vtc00030634en_us"

Regards
Mahesh

Re: Changing root password on Simplivity

yoelseph — Tue, 20 May 2025 03:12:12 GMT

Is there a way this can be automated? Does Zeus have the power to do this?

With a fleet of hundreds of servers, this would be a cumbersome task to do manually on all OVCs.

Are the commands mentioned able to accept piped input or typical arguments?

Re: Changing root password on Simplivity

Jspohn — Tue, 20 May 2025 18:22:49 GMT

You only run those commands when the TIA Card is replaced. In order to update the ESXi password on the OVC, all you need to run is:

svt-host-credential-update

Running this command on the Virtual Controller of an ESXi host that has had its root password changed. This command updates the HPE SimpliVity file system (SVTFS) record of the ESXi host's root credentials with the updated password.

Example:

administrator-vsphere@omnicube-ip102-230:~$ svt-host-credential-update --hmsuser administrator@vsphere.local --hostip 10.226.102.229 --hostuser root --hostpassword password

This will update the host credentials stored in the HPE OmniStack secure repository. HPE OmniStack uses these credentials to access the host system when necessary.

The ESXi root password and the SVTFS record of that password must be identical to avoid potential problems.