The user account is locked after the DS Storage Manager password for the HMC is changed

If the DS Storage Manager password for the Hardware Management Console (HMC) is changed, you must update the password in IBM Spectrum Control.

Problem

If you do not update this password in IBM Spectrum Control, the DS Storage Manager user account for the HMC might be locked when you attempt to connect to the storage system with the incorrect password.

Action

Update the password in the IBM Spectrum Control GUI as shown in the following table.
Interface Action
IBM Spectrum Control Update the password for the storage system as shown in the following steps:
  1. In the menu bar, go to Storage > Block Storage Systems.
  2. Right-click the storage system that you want to update and click Connections > Modify Connection.
  3. In the Enter User Credentials window, click User Name and Password in the Authentication field.
  4. Enter the user name and password.
  5. Click OK.
IBM Spectrum Control
This task is required only if both of the following conditions are true:
  • You are using the launch-in-context feature to start the element manager, DS Storage Manager, from IBM Spectrum Control.
  • You are not using single sign-on with LDAP authentication to connect to the element manager. LDAP authentication is required for IBM Spectrum Control to connect to System Storage DS8000® 4.2 and later.
Update the password for the element manager as shown in the following steps. If you have multiple users who are accessing the element manager and their password was changed, you must update the password for each user.
  1. In the menu bar, go to Storage > Block Storage Systems.
  2. Right-click the storage system that you want to update and select Open Storage System GUI.
  3. Log on to IBM System Storage DS8000 Storage Manager and update the user password. Follow the instructions that are provided in product documentation at https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ds8900/9.3.0.