Remotely Reset Administrator Password on iLO without Reboot

1. I installed SNMP because it was a preprequesite for HP Insight Management Agents.
2. I dowloaded and installed the HP Insight Management Agents.
3. I then downloaded HP Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility.
4. I ran into NTVDM errors trying to run the file so I just used WinRAR to extract the contents into C:\hp\ilo. I also extracted the zip file contained within the initial archive.
5. I then downloaded the HP Lights-Out XML Scripting Sample for Windows (Linux users can download the files in tgz format here or here.) extracted it and found the file I was looking for —

:Administrator_reset_pw.xml

XHTML

<ribcl VERSION="2.0"> <login USER_LOGIN="Administrator" PASSWORD="boguspassword"> <user_info MODE="write"> <mod_user USER_LOGIN="Administrator"> <password value="newpass"/> </mod_USER> </user_INFO> </login> </ribcl>

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<ribcl VERSION="2.0"> <login USER_LOGIN="Administrator" PASSWORD="boguspassword">   <user_INFO MODE="write">    <mod_USER USER_LOGIN="Administrator">     <password value="newpass"/>    </mod_USER>   </user_INFO> </login> </ribcl>

6. Using notepad, I opened up the sample file and modified it slightly. Initially, I just removed the LOGIN and ran the file but HPONCFG gave me a syntax error. I then added it back and gave the Administrator a bogus password. Apparently, the LOGIN line is required for syntax reasons but it is not actually processed.
7. Next, I opened a command line and changed directories to C:\hp\ilo and typed the following:
HPONCFG.exe /f Administrator_reset_pw.xml /l log.txt > output.txt
8. I opened up Firefox, navigated to my iLO machine and voila! I was able to login as Administrator.
If changing Administrator’s password seems too scary, you can also add another user with administrator privileges. You can then login as that user and change the Administrator password via the web console. Use the following code, suited to your liking:

add_user.xml

Visual Basic .NET

<ribcl version="2.0"> <login USER_LOGIN="Administrator" PASSWORD="boguspass"> <user_info MODE="write" > <add_USER USER_NAME="Chrissy" USER_LOGIN="Chrissy" PASSWORD="mynewpass"> <reset_server_priv value = "Y" /> <admin_priv value = "Y" /> </add_USER> </user_INFO> </login> </ribcl>

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<ribcl version="2.0"> <login USER_LOGIN="Administrator" PASSWORD="boguspass">   <user_INFO MODE="write" >    <add_USER     USER_NAME="Chrissy"     USER_LOGIN="Chrissy"     PASSWORD="mynewpass">      <reset_SERVER_PRIV   value = "Y" />      <admin_PRIV   value = "Y" />    </add_USER>   </user_INFO> </login> </ribcl>

Here’s a zip of just hponcfg.exe, add_user.xml, and Administrator_reset_pwd.xml. Since it’s an exe with no apparent supporting files, y ou may be able to just use that.