Comprehensive and Detailed Explanation From Exact Extract:
According to theVMware vSphere with Tanzu DocumentationandVMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 Administration Guide, the supported method to access Supervisor Control Plane VMs for troubleshooting involves the following actions:
Option B: Log into the Supervisor Control Plane VM using the admin user and <password>.Exact Extract from official documentation:
“To troubleshoot Supervisor Control Plane VMs, log in via SSH using the 'admin' user and the password specific to the Supervisor Control Plane VM.”
(VMware vSphere with Tanzu Documentation – Supervisor Control Plane VM Access)
Option E: Update the <password> by running /usr/lib/vmware/auth/bin/chpw admin.Exact Extract from official documentation:
“If you need to update the 'admin' password for Supervisor Control Plane VMs, use the command '/usr/lib/vmware/auth/bin/chpw admin' on the VM.”
(VMware vSphere with Tanzu Documentation – Changing Admin Passwords)
Option F: Obtain the <password> by running /usr/lib/vmware-wcp/decryptK8Pwd.py.Exact Extract from official documentation:
“You can retrieve the 'admin' password for the Supervisor Control Plane VM by running the Python script '/usr/lib/vmware-wcp/decryptK8Pwd.py' on the vCenter Server Appliance.”
(VMware vSphere with Tanzu Documentation – Retrieving Admin Credentials)
Why Not the Other Options?
Option A:Logging into the vCenter Server Appliance is not necessary for direct access to the Supervisor Control Plane VMs.
Option C:SDDC Manager appliance access is unrelated to Supervisor VM troubleshooting.
Option D:Root login to Supervisor Control Plane VMs is not supported or documented for troubleshooting.
Summary:
To access the Supervisor Control Plane VMs for troubleshooting, the administrator must use theadmin user and password (B), canupdate the password using the chpw command (E), andretrieve the current password using the decryptK8Pwd.py script (F), following the exact steps documented in the VMware official guides.
