How to change the password for the vCenter [email protected] account via the command line

Products

• VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Issue/Introduction

How to change the password for the vCenter [email protected] account via the command line.

Environment

vCenter 8.0

 

Resolution

After logging into vCenter via SSH as the root user, make the change using the following command in bash.

    # /usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/dir-cli password change --account [email protected]

 

Additional Information

Japanese version: コマンドラインにて vCenter の [email protected] アカウントのパスワード変更する方法