Setting user password

You can change the Netcool Configuration Manager password defined by your system administrator.

Before you begin

Ensure you are aware of the minimum password requirements you must adhere to before changing your password.

About this task

If single sign-on (SSO) has been enabled between Netcool Configuration Manager and Network Manager, you change the user password from the DASH console of the Netcool Configuration Manager Presentation Server, rather than the native Netcool Configuration Manager GUI.

This procedure only changes the user password that you use to logon to the Netcool Configuration Manager GUI, but not the database or Reporting user passwords. For information on how to change these, see the What to do next section.

Procedure

Changing the Netcool Configuration Manager user password if single sign-on has not been enabled:

  1. To access the Preferences window, click User Preferences, or click File > Preferences from the main dialog.
  2. Select User Password on the navigation tree.
    The Password Change dialog is displayed.
  3. Type the following information:
    Current Password
    Type your current password.
    New Password
    Type the new password you want to assign to yourself.
    Confirm Password
    Type the new password again.
  4. Click Apply to save the settings, or click OK to save the settings and exit the Preferences window.

Changing the Netcool Configuration Manager user password if single sign-on has been enabled:

  1. Logon to the DASH console of the Netcool Configuration Manager Presentation Server.
    Note: The default logon is http://host:port/ibm/console
  2. Change the password using the DASH interface.

What to do next

To change the passwords for the reporting user and the database user, follow these steps:
To change a reporting user password
  1. Logon to the DASH Reporting Server as the user for whom you want to change the password.
  2. Select the user icon, then click Change Password.
  3. Change the password, and save your changes.
To change the database user password
Use the /opt/IBM/tivoli/netcool/ncm/bin/icosadmin script with ChangeDbPassword as a flag, and the following options defined:

-u (database username)

-p (current database password)

-n (new database password)

For example: 
icosadmin ChangeDbPassword -u <db_username> -p <old_db_passwd>  -n
    <new_db_passwd>
Note: If the Netcool Configuration Manager database password is changed, this impacts Reports. Therefore, you must change the Netcool Configuration Manager datasource password in the Reports as described here:
  1. From Common Reporting launch Administration.
  2. Select Data Source Connections > ITNCM > View Signons > Set Properties > Signon > Edit the Signon, and update the stored database password.