HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager User Guide (T3680-96089, October 2012)

Password change considerations
Administrators should carefully plan and coordinate sever security credential changes with replication
manager operations. For example, if the security policy in your environment is to reset passwords
every six months, consider that such changes can result in the following:
• Inability to log on to the GUI
• Inability to run scheduled job events
• Inability to log on to the CLUI
Security credentials for enabled hosts
To establish and manage replication manager host agent security credentials, administrators must
use the OS on each enabled host. See security Groups configuration and the HP P6000 Replication
Solutions Manager Installation Guide and HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager Administrator
Guide.
For an enabled host to interact with the server, a valid host agent security credential must be present
in the replication manager database. See Setting security credentials for enabled hosts and Adding
a new enabled host.
IMPORTANT: If a valid security credential is not entered or if the credential expires or is changed,
the replication manager (GUI, jobs, and CLUI) will not be able to interact with the enabled host.
Host agent security credentials (user name and password) must be provided for the following cases:
• New enabled host. To add a new enabled host to the replication manager database, an
administrator must enter a valid security credential.
• Changed credentials. To update the security credential that is saved in the database, an
administrator must enter a new security credential.
• Imported RSM database. After importing an RSM database that includes enabled hosts, an
administrator must re-enter the security credentials.
Password change considerations
Administrators should carefully plan and coordinate host agent security credential changes with
replication manager operations. For example, if the security policy in your environment is to reset
passwords every six months, consider that such changes can result in enabled hosts not interacting
with the replication manager server. This can lead to the following:
• Jobs that interact with impacted enabled hosts do not validate or fail while running.
• CLUI commands that interact with impacted enabled hosts fail.
• Enabled hosts and host volume information is not updated in the server.
Security credentials versus tasks
Replication manager tasks can only be performed by members of the HP Storage Admins group
or HP Storage Users security groups on the management server. See Security credentials
configuration.
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