Category: VMware

The solution is simply to reinstall your ESXi part with recover DataStore option.  Just re-install of ESXI 5.0.1 with recovery DataStore option just take few minutes around 5-10 minutes. Once you have server setup afresh with new root user password. Login to your VMware host using vSphere client, Navigate to Configuration tab, select the DataStore that’s holding your previous guest images/VMs, right click “Browse Datastore…” Browse through the list of VM images you have, Select whichever you want to recover, in the right pane select the respective .VMX file. Right click on .vmx file and click “Add to Inventory”.  Then […]

Using vSphere client connect directly to your ESXi VMHost. Then switch to “Local users and Groups” tab in your Host properties as shown below: Right click in the right pane and select “Add…” as shown below Provide the new user details and password in the “Add New User” window Set UID to a unique numeric value say 503 and or 1001, VMware will allocate appropriate value. In Shell Access, Select “Grant shell access to this user” Now, you have a new user object created in your host, follow below steps to give respective access rights to the new user created […]