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To find the ESXi install date you should follow the below steps Find the System UUID by running one of the following commands: esxcfg-info | grep -i UUID You’ll get an output similar to: esxcfg-info | grep -i “\\-System UUID” You’ll get an output similar to: esxcli system uuid get Convert the first 8 hexadecimal characters to decimal format using calculator or e.g. this online converter. In my case the hexadecimal characters 54aedcc8 translates to decimal numbers 1420745928 Use e.g. this Epoch   to convert the decimal numbers to a date. In my case  the decimal numbers 1420745928 translates to Thu, 08 Jan 2015 19:38:48 GMT

Forgot root password to vCenter Appliance 6.0 Most of the Cases – Gets Expired by default. Locked out by Wrong Attempts Lets see how to change the root password – Reboot the vCSA 6.0 using the vSphere Client. When the GRUB boot loader appears, press the spacebar to disable auto boot. Press P to Enter Edit Mode If the vCSA was deployed without editing the root password in the Virtual Appliance Management Interface (VAMI), the default GRUB password is vmware . If the vCSA root password was reset using the VAMI, then the GRUB password is the password last set in the VAMI for the root account. Choose the Second One.  kernel /… Type e to edit the boot command. Append init=/bin/bash to the kernel boot options. Press Enter . The GRUB menu reappears. Type b to start the boot process. The system boots to a shell. Reset the root password by running below command. passwd root Restart the appliance by run...