Changing passwords

IBM Spectrum Control provides a GUI and non-GUI password tool; however, both tools achieve the same purpose.

Attention: For Linux® and AIX® operating systems, it is recommended that you use the GUI password tool. However, if you use the non-GUI password tool for future updates, then do not use the GUI password tool to update your passwords on the same system at a later time or the IBM Spectrum Control servers might not operate properly.

If you installed IBM Spectrum Control and used the same Db2® user ID and password for the items IBM Spectrum Control requires, then when you change the Db2 password, you must also change the passwords for the items that the Db2 password applies to.

The Db2 administrative password might also apply to the following items:
  • The database administration user ID and password (for the Data or Device server to connect to the database).
  • The database user ID and password to create the database schema.
  • The host authentication password (for the Storage Resource agents to communicate with the Device server).
  • The Storage Resource agent service login user ID and password (for Windows only, if this user ID does not exist).