IBM Performance Management

Changing a password

You can run a script to change the password for the following users: apmadmin, smadmin, itmuser, db2apm, db2fenc1, and dausr1.

About this task

The Performance Management server creates an smadmin user ID with a default password of apmpass for communication between the Performance Management components. You might need to change the password, for example, to comply with your organization's security requirements, or if you changed the password but forgot it when IBM® Support asked you to run the data collection tool.

In Performance Management, the default user is apmadmin. The apmadmin user is by default a member of the Role Administrator role.

If you change the default password for the apmadmin user during the Performance Management server installation, the password for the smadmin user is also changed to use the same password. Use this procedure if you want the smadmin user to use a different password from the apmadmin user password or if you want to change its password after the server installation.

If the Performance Management server databases were configured on an external DB2® server, you can change the password for the associated user ID on that system. See Changing passwords on a remote DB2 server.

Procedure

Complete the procedure on the system where the Performance Management server is installed to change the password for one of the default user IDs.

Open the directory where the script is located and run the script for the password you want to change:

Table 1. Scripts for default user passwords
Default user ID	Default password	Directory and script for password you want to change
`apmadmin`	`apmpass`	/opt/ibm/ccm/apmpasswd.sh
`smadmin`	`apmpass`	/opt/ibm/ccm/tools/smapasswd.sh
`itmuser` `db2apm` `db2fenc1` `dasusr1`	`db2Usrpasswd@08`	/opt/ibm/ccm/db2_users_passwd.sh `user_name` Where `user_name` is `itmuser`, `db2apm`, `db2fenc1`, or `dasusr1`.
`admin user`	`mongoUsrpasswd@08`	/opt/ibm/ccm/mongopasswd.sh to change the password for both users simultaneously. You are prompted for the old password and new password.

After you are prompted to provide a new password, type the password, press Enter, and retype the new password as prompted.
If you are changing the smadmin password, after you are prompted for the apmadmin password, type the password and press Enter. The apmadmin password is required for updating the server connection with the new smadmin password.

Results

The Performance Management server is recycled and the new password for the user is recorded.