This is only ok if doing so for non user/client facing systems such as testing or engineering or lab environments.  Otherwise, DO NOT do this.  Changing vSphere Server root password and setting no expiry or no history can be done as follows:

# chage -l root

Last password change                                         : Jun 22, 2025
Password expires                                             : Sep 20, 2025
Password inactive                                            : never
Account expires                                              : never
Minimum number of days between password change               : 0
Maximum number of days between password change               : 0
Number of days of warning before password expires            : 7

# chage -M 99999 -m 0 -W 7 -I -1 root
# chage -l root

Last password change                                        : Jun 22, 2025
Password expires                                            : never
Password inactive                                           : never
Account expires                                             : never
Minimum number of days between password change              : 0
Maximum number of days between password change              : 99999
Number of days of warning before password expires           : 7

# grep -EiR member *
system-password: password required pam_pwhistory.so debug use_authtok enforce_for_root remember=0

The parameter, remember=0 was 5 before.