You are recommended to setup a strong password for the VLA admin user account. Password could be at least 8 characters in length comprising of letters (uppercase/lowercase), numbers and symbols. The steps to change the password at any time is mentioned below :

  1. Login using the VLA console using your username and password. 

    Welcome to VMware LaMa Appliance for SAP
sapi-vla31 login:
Password:

  2. Execute the “sudo –s” command to enable yourself to run programs with security privileges of the root or superuser. You are prompted to enter your password. 

    # sudo -s

  3. Enter the passwd command to configure a new password. 

    # passwd <admin_username>

  4. You are required to type in the new password twice. The recommendation is to choose strong and meaningful passwords .

  5. Enter the exit command to come out of the privileged mode. 

    # exit