Update Expired SDDC Manager root Password

This section describes the procedure for updating an expired password for the SDDC Manager root (root) user.

Prerequisites

Procedure

1. Log into the vSphere Client and select the SDDC Manager VM from Mgmt-ResourcePool.
2. From the panel on the right side of the window, select Summary and click on Launch Web Console.
3. In the popup window, select web console and click OK. This will open the console in a new browser tab.
   The console opens in a new browser window.
4. Click Login.
5. Type root as the user name and enter the current password for the root user.
6. When prompted for current password, enter the current password.
7. When prompted for a new password, enter a different password than the previous one and click OK.