How To Find Your vCSA Embedded Database Password

To perform an export of your vCSA VCDB you need to supply the user and password to the PostgreSQL Database.  During the vCSA setup process, we were not prompted to provide one and there is no default password for the VCDB.

Fortunately, there is an easy way to access the password.  (It's actually FRIGHTENINGLY easy....).  Run the following command on your vCSA:

cat /etc/vmware-vpx/vcdb.properties

This will provide the VCDB password along with other details about your VCDB.