How To Reset Password using Virtual Machine in vCloud Director

You can reset the local admin password for virtual server through the following steps :-


1. Login to your Cloud account.

2. Click on "My Cloud" tab, and then click on the vApp where your virtual machine resides.

3. Click on the "Virtual Machines" tab, it will show you the list of virtual machine in the vApp. Make sure the virtual machine is powered off. 

4. Right click on the "Virtual Machine" that you need to change the password and choose "Properties" menu 

5. Click on "Guest OS Customization" and make sure the following are done :-

a) Select "Enable guest customization"
b) Under password reset, select "Allow local administrator password"
c) Choose either "Auto generate password" or "Specify password"

6. Click ok to accept the configuration.

7. Right click on the virtual machine again and choose "Power on and force recustomization" menu. 

8. Your server will be restarted few times and after the it finished this process, you may login using the password that you specify or generated in step 5.