Encrypting the Tivoli Service Request Manager administrative password

Use the following procedure to encrypt the Tivoli® Service Request Manager® administrative password in Tivoli Netcool/Impact.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Tivoli Netcool/Impact administrative console at http://event_host:9080/nci/main where event_host is the host name of the event server. Log on as the admin user with the netcool password.
  2. Click IOC Project.
  3. In the Policies section, double-click the policy IOC_Sample_Password_Encoder. The policy is opened in the Policy Editor window.
  4. In the Enter Password Here field, enter the password for Maxadmin. The Maxadmin password is the administrative user password that you entered during installation.
  5. To save the policy, click Save.
  6. Click the Trigger Policy icon.
  7. Click Execute.
  8. In the Service Status section, scroll to PolicyLogger, click View log for PolicyLogger (icon with the down arrow).
  9. In the policy logger window, locate the statement that is similar to the following statement: 
    11 May 2012 14:19:12,260: [IOC_Sample_Password_Encoder][pool-1-thread-46]Parser log: {aes}FF877B74ADF4DF1C2002F94ACB38FAFF
  10. Copy the encrypted Maxadmin password from the statement, for example: 
    {aes}FF877B74ADF4DF1C2002F94ACB38FAFF
  11. In the Tivoli Netcool/Impact administrative console, in the Policies section, double-click the policy UTILS_LIBRARY_IOC_TSRM. The policy is opened in the Policy Editor window.
  12. Replace the value of MAXAdminPassword with the encrypted value that you copied in Step 10: 
    MAXAdminPassword = "{aes}FF877B74ADF4DF1C2002F94ACB38FAFF";
  13. To save the policy, click Save.
  14. Click IOC Project.
  15. In the Policies section, double-click the policy IOC_Sample_Password_Encoder. The policy is opened in the Policy Editor window.
  16. In the Enter Password Here field, delete the password for Maxadmin.
  17. To save the policy, click Save.