Single-server installation where components use different logon credentials

Use the password tool to change the passwords for IBM Spectrum Control when it is installed on a single server and the Common User and the Db2® User are different and use different logon credentials.

Before you begin

Before you use the password tool, ensure that you know the existing password or passwords that you want to change. Stop the IBM Spectrum Control servers.

Use the following steps to change the passwords in the Windows, AIX®, or Linux® operating systems. Then, use the IBM Spectrum Control password tool to update the IBM Spectrum Control servers to use the new passwords.

Procedure

To change a password in the Windows operating system, follow these steps:

Open the Control Panel. For more information, see Accessing administration tools.
1. Select User Accounts and click Change account type.
2. Select the user account of the password that you want to change.
3. Select Change password.
4. Enter and confirm the new password and click Change password.
  If the password, for the Windows domain user ID that you used as the IBM Spectrum Control Common User expired, change that password in the Windows domain before you continue. If you see the following error or a similar error after you run the password tool, verify that the password for your Common User Windows domain user ID did not expire:
```
com.tivoli.itsrm.tools.changepasswords.ChangePasswords error
SEVERE: The DB2 password is invalid.
```
  If necessary, change the Common User Windows domain password and run the password tool again.

To change a password in the AIX or Linux operating system, follow these steps:

Log in as the root user.
1. Run the following command:
```
passwd username
```
  Where username is the user whose password you want to change.
2. Enter the new password and confirm that new password is correct.

To use the IBM Spectrum Control password tool to update the IBM Spectrum Control servers to use the new passwords, follow these steps:

Open a command prompt and change the directory to the following directory:
Windows operating systems
```
Spectrum_Control_Installation_dir\service
```
Linux or UNIX operating systems
```
Spectrum_Control_Installation_dir/service
```
Start the password tool by running the following command:
Windows operating systems
```
changepasswords.bat
```
Linux or UNIX operating systems
```
./changepasswords
```
To change the Common User's password in IBM Spectrum Control, do the following in the password tool:
1. Select Change IBM Spectrum Control Passwords and click OK.
2. Enter and then confirm the same new password that you entered when you changed the Common User's password in the operating system in Step 1 or Step 2.
3. Click OK.
4. In the Confirm password change window, click Yes.
5. When the process is completed, click Back to Main.
To change the Db2 User's password in IBM Spectrum Control, do the following in the password tool:
1. Select Change DB2 password and click OK.
2. Enter and confirm the same new password as you entered when changing the Db2 User's password in the operating system in Step 1 or Step 2. Verify that the Restart servers option is selected.
3. Click OK.
4. In the Confirm password change window, click Yes.
5. When the process is completed, click Back to Main.
Click Exit Program.

Tip: To verify that the password changes were successful, review the log file that is located in the Spectrum_Control_installation_dir\service\log directory.