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Prerequisites<br />
Verify that the vCenter Server Appliance is successfully deployed and running.<br />
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If you are using Internet Explorer, verify that TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and TLS 1.2 are enabled in the security settings.<br />
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Procedure<br />
In a Web browser, go to the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface, <a href="https://appliance-IP-address-or-FQDN:5480" rel="ugc">https://appliance-IP-address-or-FQDN:5480</a>.<br />
Log in as root.<br />
The default root password is the password you set while deploying the vCenter Server Appliance.<br />
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Parent topic: Using the Appliance Management Interface to Configure the vCenter Server Appliance
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Prerequisites
Verify that the vCenter Server Appliance is successfully deployed and running.

If you are using Internet Explorer, verify that TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and TLS 1.2 are enabled in the security settings.

Procedure
In a Web browser, go to the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface, https://appliance-IP-address-or-FQDN:5480 [https://appliance-IP-address-or-FQDN:5480].
Log in as root.
The default root password is the password you set while deploying the vCenter Server Appliance.

Parent topic: Using the Appliance Management Interface to Configure the vCenter Server Appliance

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We have no vcenter, just a local ESXi 6.5 (dell) host that is insisting on UTC ... the old-school ssh routing to go edit the timezone doesn't seem to work (i presume my google-fu is turning up references to pre-6.5 that no longer apply).<br />
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i have windows servers insisting on syncing to the host, and they're all pulling UTC time instead of east coast ...<br />
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is there a way to fix that? &nbsp;i'm having a hard time finding a way to do that via SSH or other mechanism.
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We have no vcenter, just a local ESXi 6.5 (dell) host that is insisting on UTC ... the old-school ssh routing to go edit the timezone doesn't seem to work (i presume my google-fu is turning up references to pre-6.5 that no longer apply).

i have windows servers insisting on syncing to the host, and they're all pulling UTC time instead of east coast ...

is there a way to fix that?  i'm having a hard time finding a way to do that via SSH or other mechanism.

esxi 6.5 timezone change ... where and how?

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.