Hi,
Also check if the root account on ESXi still has "administrator" access.
Check /etc/vmware/hostd/authorization.xml. For root, the ACEDataRoleId value should be set to '-1', which means Administrator.
<ACEData id="10">
<ACEDataEntity>ha-folder-root</ACEDataEntity>
<ACEDataId>10</ACEDataId>
<ACEDataIsGroup>false</ACEDataIsGroup>
<ACEDataPropagate>true</ACEDataPropagate>
<ACEDataRoleId>-1</ACEDataRoleId>
<ACEDataUser>root</ACEDataUser>
</ACEData>
Source: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/494782
Edit: Formatting.