Changing database password references
If the password of the OpenPages®
database changes, you need to update password references with the new password.
Before you begin
Before you change password references for data sources in IBM OpenPages with Watson™, make sure that you have the following:
- Administrative access to the following machines
and application:
- OpenPages application server
- IBM® Cognos® Analytics server
- IBM Cognos Analytics application
- The current and new password for the following
database users:
- OpenPages database user
About this task
To change database password references, you must do the following tasks:
- Change database password references on the OpenPages with Watson application server
- Modifying the OpenPages database password in Cognos
- Modifying database passwords in the backup-restore environment files
If you need information about encrypting database passwords in the backup and restore utility environment files, see Encrypting database passwords in the backup-restore utility environment files.
- If you use global search, update the login information for the search server. See Changing the login information for the search server