Dell PowerFlex Appliance with PowerFlex 3.x Administration Guide

VMware vCenter password management

Use this procedure to change the VMware vCenter password.

1. Change the PowerFlex Manager VMware vCenter password by completing the following:
   1. In PowerFlex Manager, go to Settings > Credentials Management, select the VMware vCenter credential, click Edit, change the Password to the <NEW_PASSWORD>, and click Save. See Credentials management for more information.
2. Change the VMware vCenter password by completing the following:
   1. Log in to the VMware vCenter web interface using the <OLD_PASSWORD>.
   2. Click the username in upper right of page and select Change password.
   3. Type the <OLD_PASSWORD> and the <NEW_PASSWORD> and click OK.
3. Test the changes. Even though the cluster is operating properly, because of the time between changing the password in PowerFlex Manager and changing the password in the ESXi OS, nodes may show a critical error on the Services page in PowerFlex Manager. The following steps will return the nodes to the healthy state.
   1. In the PowerFlex Manager GUI, go to Resources page, select vCenter and click Run Inventory.
   2. To confirm that the process completes with no errors, check Settings > Logs.
   3. In the PowerFlex Manager GUI, go to Services page for ESXi nodes and click Update Service Details.
   4. After Update Service Details completes the process, confirm that all cluster objects report as healthy (green check mark).