Resetting the user key

After your IBM® Control Center user key is configured, you can reset the user key whenever needed.

About this task

To perform this task, you need to be an IBM Control Center administrator. To reset your user key:

Procedure

  1. Stop all your IBM Control Center event processors (EPs).
  2. In the installation_directory/bin directory, run the following command:
    Microsoft Windows UNIX
    configUserKey.bat -reset configUserKey.sh -reset
    The system prompts to ask whether you want to reset your user key.
  3. Type Yes and press Enter.
  4. When the system prompts, type the database password and press Enter.
  5. When the system prompts for user key reset confirmation, enter Y to confirm.
  6. Type the new user key and press Enter.
  7. To reconfigure the database connection, keystore, or email server password, in the installation_directory/bin directory, run the following command:
    Microsoft Windows UNIX
    configCC.bat configCC.sh
  8. In a high availability environment, run the following command for all other EPs:
    Microsoft Windows UNIX
    configUserKey.bat -sync configUserKey.sh -sync
  9. Restart all EPs in the cluster.