Resolving password expiration problems

If you receive a client authentication error, it might be as a result of an expired password. Password expiration does not apply to node or administrator passwords that authenticate with an LDAP directory server.

Procedure

Complete the following steps to change the expired password period:

  1. To change the password expiration period for a particular node, issue the UPDATE NODE server command with the option PASSEXP=n, where n is the number of days. A value of 0 disables the password expiration.

    If a Windows client node cannot connect to the server after it is renamed, verify that the node name was changed in both the client options file and Windows registry. When the client scheduler runs as a foreground process and uses the DSMC SCHED command, IBM Spectrum Protect™ uses the node name in the client options file to contact the server. However, when the scheduler runs as a Windows service, IBM Spectrum Protect uses the node name in the Windows registry.

  2. For the Windows client, issue the DSMCUTIL UPDATE SCHEDULE command to achieve the following results:
    • With the node parameter, address how to change the node name that is used with the IBM Spectrum Protect scheduler service on Windows
    • With the validate:yes parameter, contact the IBM Spectrum Protect server to authenticate (and store the updated password)