Administrator Guide

4 Click the Password Conguration tab.
5 Select the Enabled checkbox.
6 Congure the password requirements as necessary.
• To set the number of previous passwords that Storage Center checks against when validating a password, type a value in the
History Retained eld. To disable previous password validation, type 0.
• To set the minimum number of characters in a new password, type a value in the Minimum Length eld. To match the Storage
Center minimum password length, set the value to 1.
• To set the number of login failures that lock out an account, type a number in the Account Lockout Threshold eld. To disable the
account lockout threshold, type 0.
NOTE: Only administrator-level accounts can unlock other Storage Center accounts. Have more than one Storage Center
administrator-level account so that other Storage Center accounts can be unlocked.
• To require new passwords to follow complexity standards, select the Complexity Enabled checkbox. To disable the password
complexity requirement, clear the Complexity Enabled checkbox.
• To set the number of days before a user can change his or her password, type a value in the Minimum Age eld. To disable the
minimum age requirement, type 0.
• To set the number of days after which a password expires, type a value in the Maximum Age eld. To disable the maximum age
requirement, type 0.
• To set the number of days before a password expires when the expiration warning message is issued, type a value in the
Expiration Warning Time eld. To disable the expiration warning message, type 0.
• To specify the password expiration warning message that a user receives, type a warning message in the Expiration Warning
Message. The expiration warning message is blank if this eld is left empty.
7 Click OK.
Reset the Password Aging Clock
The password aging clock determines when a password expires based on the minimum and maximum age requirements. Reset the
password aging clock to start the password aging clock from the current date and time.
Prerequisite
Password Conguration must be enabled.
Steps
1 If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane.
2 Click Summary.
The Summary view is displayed.
3 Click (Settings).
The Storage Center Settings dialog box opens.
4 Click the Password Conguration tab.
5 Select the Enabled checkbox.
6 Select the Reset Aging Clock checkbox.
7 Click OK.
Require Users to Change Passwords
The new password requirements apply to new user passwords only. Require users to change passwords at next login so the password
complies with the new password requirements.
Prerequisite
Password Conguration must be enabled.
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