If the Platform Services Controller is installed separate from the vCenter Server, log in to the Platform Services Controller server.
To reset the password on a Windows Platform Services Controller or vCenter Server with Embedded Platform Services Controller:.Right-click the affected user account, such as, and click Unlock.įor VMware Platform Services Controller 6.0, if you need to reset the SSO admin password:.Click Single Sign-On > Users and Groups.To unlock an account using another session or using another user account with SSO administrator privileges: Unlock the account using another session that is still logged into the PSC server or using another user account with SSO administrator privileges.
#Default vsphere 6.0 client lovin password#
By default, the account lockout policy is set to unlock after 15 minutes. For more information on account lockout policies for the Platform Services Controller (PSC), see vCenter Server Password Requirements and Lockout Behavior in the vSphere Security Guide. I’ve already wrote on how reset the VMware SSO password in the vSphere 5.1 and 5.5 versions and the procedure remain almost the same also in the 6.0 version.Īs written in the KB 2034608 (Unlocking and resetting the VMware vCenter Single Sign-On administrator password) you can have this problem also in a case of multiple login failure (by default the account get locket if the password is incorrectly entered three times).įor VMware Platform Services Controller 6.0, if you want just to unlock the password: If you forget the SSO admin password you can have some trouble.
Due to the changes in the new vCenter Server 6.0 architecture, the SSO has now been incorporated in the new VMware Platform Services Controller “role”.īut the concepts of a global SSO accounts still exist and remain important to manage the infrastructure (and more important during installation and upgrade).