HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide First Edition (T4283-96026, August 2006)

Database Maintenance and Management234
IMPORTANT: If HP SIM and Storage Essential are using the same Oracle database, you must not
only use the Database Admin Utility to change the password, but you must also use the
mxpassword command to change the password as described in the following steps.
You must provide the same SIM_MANAGER password for the mxpassword command and the
Database Admin Utility.
The management server requires the password to have the following characteristics:
• a minimum of three characters
• starts with a letter
• contains only letters, numbers and underscores (_)
• does not start or end with an underscore (_)
To change the password of a system account:
1. If you are changing the SIM_MANAGER password and HP SIM and HP SE are using the same
Oracle database, you must complete the following steps.:
a. Log onto the server running HP Systems Insight Manager.
b. Stop the AppStorManager service if it is started.
c. Enter the following at the command prompt:
C:\> mxpassword -m -x MxDBUserPassword=mynewPass
where mynewPass is your new password for the database.
d. Stop the HP Systems Insight Manager service so that it cannot access the database. It is very
important that the HP Systems Insight Manager service does not access the database before
you are finished with changing the password for the database.
2. Access the Database Admin Utility as described in ”Accessing the Database Admin Utility” on
page 232.
3. Click Change Passwords in the left pane.
4. Select an account name from the User Name combo box.
5. Type the current password in the Old Password field.
6. Type the new password in the New Password field.
7. Retype the password in the Confirm Password field.
8. Click Change.
The Database Admin Utility changes the password for the specified account.
Exporting the Database
Use the Database Admin Utility to save the database in a format that can be imported.