"Appliance (OS) root password is expired or is going to expire soon" when updating vCenter Server Appliance 6.5/6.7

Symptoms

Updating vCenter Server Appliance 6.5/6.7 from VAMI UI fails with the error:

Appliance (OS) root password is expired or is going to expire soon. Please change the root password before installing an update.

Changing the password from the VAMI fails with the error:

Could not set the password

Cause

This issue occurs when VAMI is not able to change an expired root password.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, reset the root password from the vCenter Server Appliance command line:

Connect to the vCenter Server Appliance with an SSH session and the root user credentials.
Use the following commands to get to the command prompt:

shell.set --enable true
shell

Note: If you cannot login to the SSH connection using the root password use these steps to change the password How to reset the lost or forgotten root password in vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 & 6.7

3.Change the root password using passwd command.
4.Verify the root account password has been changed using:

chage -l root

5.Re-attempt the upgrade again.

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