H06.09 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

H06.09 Installation, Migration, and Fallback
Considerations
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Fallback with Standard Security (Safeguard Not
Installed)
Because longer Safeguard passwords are not recognized in previous RVUs, fallback
requires advance planning. At the time of fallback, the super ID password must be less
than or equal to 8 bytes. If the password exceeds this length, the system administrator
must create a new super ID password of length less than or equal to 8 bytes and set
the PASSWORD-COMPATIBILITY-MODE attribute to ON. After installing the previous
version of Safeguard, the system administrator must do the following:
1. Before starting Safeguard, log on using the 8-byte password.
2. Use the PWCONFIG utility to change the PASSWORD-MINIMUM-LENGTH
attribute to a value less than 8 (if it does not already have such a value).
3. Start Safeguard.
Once these steps are completed, users whose password length is less than or equal to
8 bytes will be able to log on. Users whose password length exceeded 8 bytes before
fallback will be unable to log on; the system administrator must change their
passwords to have a length less than or equal to 8 bytes.
Fallback with Standard Security (Safeguard Not Installed)
At the time of fallback, the super ID password must be less than or equal to 8 bytes.
The fallback steps are:
1. If the super ID user password is longer than 8 bytes, set or change that password
to be less than or equal to 8 bytes with PASSWORD-COMPATIBILITY-MODE set
to ON.
2. Install the previous version of Standard Security.
3. Log on using the 8 character password.
4. Use the PWCONFIG utility to change the PASSWORD-MINIMUM-LENGTH
attribute to a value less than 8.
Once these steps are completed, users whose password length is less than or equal to
8 bytes will be able to log on. Users whose password length exceeded 8 bytes before
fallback will be unable to log on; the system administrator must change their
passwords to have a length less than or equal to 8 bytes.
Safeguard Password Quality Enhancements
The T6533H04^ABM version of Standard Security and the T9750H04^AFC version of
Safeguard, released with the H06.09 RVU, provide these additional password
enhancements:
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Option to enforce certain rules governing user or alias passwords
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Use of embedded spaces in user or alias passwords
The following new attributes are introduced: