Technical white paper
Changing Insight Management
CMS Password
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Technical white paper | Insight Management CMS Password
Table of contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Reconfiguring the CMS password .............................................................................................................................. 3
Objective...................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Command ................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Steps to be performed ............................................................................................................................................. 4
Changing CMS password for Matrix OE and Operations Orchestration ......................................................... 4
Appendix A: Editing PXE Boot Images ...................................................................................................................... 5
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Introduction
The CMS Reconfigure Tool feature provides a set of commands that enables you to quickly make common reconfiguration
changes to HP SIM, HP Insight Control, HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager, and HP Matrix OE. The CMS Reconfigure Tool
is supported through HP SIM and only on systems running Microsoft Windows with SQL server.
The mxreconfig command meets the need for an automated application tool to perform CMS reconfiguration tasks for the
Insight Management software components.
Reconfiguring the CMS password
Objective
The mxreconfig –m password command realigns the Insight Management software service account credentials with the
operating system password after the operating system password is changed by other operating system tools. If the user
has installed Systems Insight Manager on the CMS and changes the Windows logon password, then the user must also run
this command to make all the passwords associated with HP Insight Software services match the new operating system
password.
When this command is run and the new password is typed and confirmed, all Systems Insight Manager partner services are
stopped in preparation. The chosen password is then updated on services that are configured to run using the installing
user’s credentials. Services running as local system will not be changed. Stored credentials in Systems Insight Manager for
accessing the CMS are also updated.
Note
Perform the following CMS password change steps after changing the password of the Operating System account that is
configured to work with Systems Insight Manager.
If you have HP Insight Control Server Deployment Installed, you must update the credentials it uses by following the
Changing Deployment server/solution username or password (after initial installation) section in the HP Control Server
Deployment User Guide.
Warning
Verify that all jobs related to HP SIM, HP Insight Control, HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager, and HP Matrix OE are
complete before running this command. If HP System Management Homepage is open, close it.
Dependencies
•
HP SIM, HP Insight Control, HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager, or HP Matrix OE are installed and configured on
a Windows operating system, using Microsoft SQL.
•
Users change their password in the operating system using standard Windows change password tools.
Command

mxreconfig -m password [-v]

-m ( mode option - specifies reconfiguration mode)

-v (option specifies verbose output, which provides extra visual task progression output to the console)
– optional
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Steps to be performed
1.
Open the command window on CMS.
2.
Stop the Insight Management services with the command “partnerservice -stop all” from the SIM installed path
“<SIM INSTALL DRIVE>:\Program Files\HP\Systems Insight Manager.”
3.
Ensure that the Windows password is changed using standard Windows change password tools.
4.
If the CMS is associated with a locally installed SQL database and the SQL database services are running with the
same user authentication, then update the SQL services login credential with the new password.
5.
Enter the following command and press Enter:
mxreconfig -m password
6.
Enter the new password (characters are hidden), and then press Enter.
When prompted to confirm the password, enter the new password again, and then press Enter.
If asked to authorize the new password with the old password, then enter the old password, and press Enter.
7.
The utility stops the HP SIM and partner services (if they are not already stopped), changes the password, and
then restarts the services.
8.
If the CMS is associated with a locally installed SQL database, then this command also updates the database
password. If the associated SQL database is remote, then you must manually change the password of remote
database.
9.
Edit and regenerate PXE boot images for RDP (Refer Appendix A: Editing PXE Boot Images).
Changing CMS password for Matrix OE and Operations Orchestration
1.
Execute the following commands from the command prompt:
mxpassword -m -x oo.admin.password=<New Password>
2.
Update the gwlmdb.properties file by executing the following command from the command prompt:
vseinitconfig -a
3.
Open the Windows command prompt and navigate to..\Program Files\HP\Operations
Orchestration\Central\tools.
Execute change-db-props.bat to change the Operations Orchestration database password. Enter the following
and click Enter:
change-db-props.bat <db-user-name><New password>
Note
The command, change-db-props must be executed by passing only the user name and not domain, even if it is a domain
account.
4.
Restart the RSCentral Windows service.
The RSCentral service must be updated to use the user and password for changed account (not the local account).
Service must run with credentials that have access to the database.
5.
4
Open Operations Orchestration Central (Web portal) at https://localhost:16443/PAS/ and log in using the old
(unchanged) credentials.
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Note
If the web portal does not open after Step 5, verify that the RSCentral service is running under the new credentials; if not,
update the service logon credential with the new password and repeat from Step 4.
6.
Select the Administration tab and change the password for the admin user. The new admin password must match
the oo.admin.password specified in Step 1.
Appendix A: Editing PXE Boot Images
Step 1: Launch the PXE Configuration Utility from the Insight Control server deployment console.
Figure 1. HP Insight Control server deployment console
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Step 2: Select the boot option (Linux or WinPE) and click Edit.
Figure 2. PXE Configuration Utility – Shared Configuration
Step 3: Select the “Edit Boot Image” option.
Figure 3. Edit Shared Menu Option
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Step 4: Select “Edit” from the Boot Disk Creator page and follow the wizard to change the IP and/or user parameters.
Figure 4. Boot Disk Creator – Edit Linux Configuration
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