dclark1111
Technical User
I have been playing with standing up SMGR 8.0 and/or 8.1. I have found it difficult to do a data migration as I cannot figure out how to enable the root account. I did a hack just to make sure I could get through the process. To run the data migration you need to be root. It states in the doc that the user can enable root during the deployment of the OVA. I have tried our Flash and htmlv5 version of the Vsphere client and I cannot see that option. We are an Avaya 7.1.3 environment and I read we can use SMGR 8.x with that foot print as we work to bring our environment to 8.0.x (If you know of any pain points, please let me know them).
In short, Does anyone know the magic command to enable root?
For others this is what I did - REMEMBER - this was just in a lab not prod. I would like a better way of doing this.
Stop boot at the grub loader (Hold shift)
edit the boot loader - change ro to rw, delete quiet, add init=/bin/bash then hit ctrl+x to boot. When in bash, type passwd root and enter roots password. Shutdown box from vCenter, start box. Root is enabled.
Thanks!
In short, Does anyone know the magic command to enable root?
For others this is what I did - REMEMBER - this was just in a lab not prod. I would like a better way of doing this.
Stop boot at the grub loader (Hold shift)
edit the boot loader - change ro to rw, delete quiet, add init=/bin/bash then hit ctrl+x to boot. When in bash, type passwd root and enter roots password. Shutdown box from vCenter, start box. Root is enabled.
Thanks!