Vmware ESXi Forgotten Password Reset method

Method One, reinstall ESXi, do not cover datastore, this is relatively simple.

Method Two, if you do not want to restore the password
1, with Linux boot CD-ROM, such as RHEL5 installation CD-ROM or Knoppix boot
2, to the command line, run Mount/dev/sda5/mnt/sda5
3. cp/mnt/sda5/stage.tgz/tmp/.
4. cd/tmp
Tar Xvfz stage.tgz
Tar Xvfz local.tgz
5. vi/tmp/etc/passwd
Put a similar root:x:143434343:12232:9:99999:7
The 143434343 in this line gives clear
6. Rm-f stage.tgz local.tgz
Tar czvf local.tgz etc
Tar czvf stage.tgz local.tgz
CP local.tgz/mnt/sda5/.
7. reboot ESXi to reset root password