IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments, Version 7.1

Set_password

Use this vmcli command to set the password for the guest VM.

Syntax

The vmcli -f set_password command uses this syntax:

vmcli -f set_password [-type VMGuest] -I passwordfile

The -type VMGuest parameter is required when you set the password for application protection reporting.

You must issue the vmcli -f set_password command as tdpvmware user, and not as root.

You must issue the vmcli -f set_password command before you run a guest scan operation.

Parameters

-type VMGuest

This parameter identifies that the password applies to a VM. This parameter is required when you set the password for application protection reporting.

-I passwordfile

Specify the following information in this file:

datacentername: data center in vmcliprofile

Specify the datacenter that contains the VM guests. The datacenter must be defined in the vmcliprofile. The password is applied to that datacenter only. For example:

datacentername:DataCenter1

username: common VM guest user

Specify the user name that logs in to the VM guest. For Windows, the DOMAIN\User format is allowed for the user name. For example:

username:Domain1\Administrator

password: password

Specify the password to log in to the VM guest.

The settings in the passwordfile must be specified on the same line.

Examples

This example creates (or sets) a common VM guest name and password that is associated with DataCenter3. The vmcliprofile contains the following VE_DATACENTER_NAME settings:

VE_DATACENTER_NAME: DataCenter1:TSM_DC1
VE_DATACENTER_NAME: DataCenter2:TSM_DC2
VE_DATACENTER_NAME: DataCenter3:TSM_DC3
VE_DATACENTER_NAME: DataCenter4:TSM_DC4

The passwordfile contains the following settings. The settings in the passwordfile must be specified on the same line:

datacentername:DataCenter3 username:tdpvmwareuserY password:tdpvmwareuserYpwd

As a result, the vmcli -f set_password -type VMGuest -I password.txt sets the password as shown in the command output:

Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Wrapper for Virtual Environments Version: 7.1.0.00
Build Date: Mon Nov 12 20:03:31 2012
Tivoli Storage Manager API Version 71000
Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Wrapper Compile Version 71000
#PARAM OPERATION_TYPE 8
#PHASE_COUNT 3
#PHASE PREPARE
#PARAM BACKUP_TYPE=0
#PARAM TSM_SERVER_NAME=ORION.FINANCE.MYCOMPANY.COM
#PARAM TSM_SERVER_PORT=1500
#PARAM TSMCLI_NODE_NAME=KA3095_TSMCLI_SLUDGE
#PARAM VCENTER_NODE_NAME=
#PARAM DATACENTER_NODE_NAME=
#PARAM OFFLOAD_HOST_NAME=
#PARAM TSM_OPTFILE=/tmp/T4VE_OD3PZ9
#PARAM INPUT_FILE=/opt/tivoli/tsm/tdpvmware/common/scripts/password.txt
#PARAM TRACEFILE=
#PARAM TRACEFLAGS=
#PHASE INITIALIZE
#PHASE SET_PASSWORD
STATUS=success
#END

This example creates (or sets) a common VM guest name and password that is associated with DataCenter1. The vmcliprofile contains the following VE_DATACENTER_NAME settings:

VE_DATACENTER_NAME: DataCenter1:TSM_DC1
VE_DATACENTER_NAME: DataCenter2:TSM_DC2

The passwordfile contains the following settings. The settings in the passwordfile must be specified on the same line:

datacentername:DataCenter1 username:Domain1\Administrator password:secret1

As a result, the vmcli -f set_password -type VMGuest -I password.txt sets the password as shown in the command output:

Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Wrapper for Virtual Environments Version: 7.1.0.00
Build Date: Mon Nov 12 20:03:31 2012
Tivoli Storage Manager API Version 71000
Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Wrapper Compile Version 71000
#PARAM OPERATION_TYPE 8
#PHASE_COUNT 3
#PHASE PREPARE
#PARAM BACKUP_TYPE=0
#PARAM TSM_SERVER_NAME=ORION.FINANCE.MYCOMPANY.COM
#PARAM TSM_SERVER_PORT=1500
#PARAM TSMCLI_NODE_NAME=KA3095_TSMCLI_SLUDGE
#PARAM VCENTER_NODE_NAME=
#PARAM DATACENTER_NODE_NAME=
#PARAM OFFLOAD_HOST_NAME=
#PARAM TSM_OPTFILE=/tmp/T4VE_OD3PZ9
#PARAM INPUT_FILE=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Tivoli\TDPVMware\VMwarePlugin\
scripts\password.txt
#PARAM TRACEFILE=
#PARAM TRACEFLAGS=
#PHASE INITIALIZE
#PHASE SET_PASSWORD
STATUS=success
#END

When you create the password file by using the echo command, make sure that a space does not exist between the password (password1) and the greater-than sign (>). For example:

echo password1> pwd.txt

echo password1>pwd.txt

This example sets the password (password1) in file pwd.txt:

vmcli -f set_password -I pwd.txt

Create the password file (pwd.txt) by specifying the echo command:

echo password1 > pwd.txt

This example sets the password (password1) in file pwd.txt:

vmcli -f set_password -I pwd.txt

Linux operating systems Windows operating systems This example sets the password in file pwd.txt for domain mydomain and user user1:

set -f set_password -I pwd.txt -pwtype domain -domain mydomain -user user1

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