[ale] Vmware esxi 3.5 root password lost

[Justin Goldberg]

Thanks. I'll try option 1.

If I have a VM on two different VLANs, is the best setup to have 2
different NICs?

I have a router is currently doing the inter-vlan routing, untagged on
both vlans.

On 5/22/12, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> first option is best.
>
> Win2k3 and 2k8 run fine in ESX4 and 5. They also run fine in KVM.
>
> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Justin Goldberg
> <justgold79 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I have a vmware esxi 3.5.1 server I inherited from someone else with a
>> lost password.
>>
>> My options are:
>>
>> -boot with slax and modify the /etc/shadow and passwd files within the
>> latest modified state.tgz file, and create another root level user and
>> I can then change the root password (saving a backup of the file just
>> in case).
>>
>> -null the root password, which I've read on vmware.com can cause
>> problems (but its a standalone server with no NFS and has been offline
>> for a year)
>>
>> -do a reinstall from cd, which will reset the password and manually
>> add the datastores back.
>>
>> Fdisk -l shows 1 VMFS partition, but I can list files on the auto
>> mounted /mnt/sda2, sda3, sda5, and sda6 in slax. Also this server has
>> 6 scsi drives.
>>
>> I'd blow the data away but it has a licensed copy of vmware. Also I'm
>> curious what is running on it.
>>
>> Also does anyone know if windows 2003 or 2008 runs well within linux
>> vmware?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
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>> Justin Goldberg
>>
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