Newly deployed PCNS OVF cannot authenticate to ESXi host

[Anonymous user]

Hello,

I have deployed the PCNS  OVF to a VMWare ESXi 5.5 host. During the setup wizard, it had no complaints but now complains that it cannot talk to the ESXi host. When I try to change the password, it wants the current password, but nothing I type in there is working. I must have mistyped the original password during the wizard.

Is there anything I can do other than blowing away the VM and re-deploy?

m

[BillP]

Hi,

Instruction on how to update the password for PCNS 3.X and 4.0 are available in Kbase FA159758

[Anonymous user]

Hi Bill,

Thanks for that, but it's not what I'm looking for. That KB article is about resetting the password to PCNS. I'm looking for a way to reset the password stored within PCNS that is wrong for a ESXi host it's supposed to connect to. 

m

[BillP · Accepted solution]

Hi Mike,

If you run through the setup again. Click on "PowerChute Setup" in the PCNS web UI, it allows you to enter in the password you use to connect to the vCenter server again, without having to put in the current password you used previously.

Regards,

B