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[ADSM-L] ANS2050E Password Issues in a Windows Clustered Enivronment

2007-09-25 10:15:17
Subject: [ADSM-L] ANS2050E Password Issues in a Windows Clustered Enivronment
From: Timothy Hughes <Timothy.Hughes AT OIT.STATE.NJ DOT US>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:12:44 -0400
Hello All,

We are still having an issue with retaining a password after TSM resources are moved for one node to another in a Windows MCS environment. When the Client does maintenance on every other Thursday they move TSM resources from Sogician1 to Sogician2. The backups fail due to the password
expiring.

What I have been having to do is to reset the password (From TSM)

Then use the following commands on both nodes while they own the resources

1) Dsmc q se –optfile=q:\tsm\dsm.opt

2. Tivoli Storage Manager prompts the nodename for the client (the specified in dsm.opt). If it is correct, press Enter.

3. Tivoli Storage Manager next asks for a password. We typed the password and press Enter.

4.) We repeat the command for the other node cluster resource H disk
(dsmc q se -optfileH:\tsm\dsm.opt)

According to the ITSM in a clustered envirnoment redbook Chpt 6,
The steps above require that we run the following commands on both nodes while they own the resources. It is recommended we move all resources to one of the nodes, complete the tasks for this node,
and then move all resources to the other node and repeat the tasks.

Once the above procedure is performed the resources are brought online with no problem and backups work successfully. Is there a way to *PERMANTLY *have the password set so they won’t expire and the above procedure does not have to be performed every time the resources are moved from one server to another?

Also, Password Generate is in the DSM.opt files for the resources. Below Is the error messages the are in the dsmerror.log

ANS1029E Communication with the TSM server is lost.
TSM needs to prompt for the password but cannot prompt because the process is running in the background. ANS2050E TSM needs to prompt for the password but cannot prompt because the process is running in the background.
ANS1029E Communication with the TSM server is lost.
ANS2050E TSM needs to prompt for the password but cannot prompt because the process is running in the background. ANS2050E TSM needs to prompt for the password but cannot prompt because the process is running in the background.
ANS1029E Communication with the TSM server is lost.
ANS1262E Password is not updated. Either an invalid current password was supplied
or the new password does not fulfill the server password requirements.

Any suggestions and help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

TSM 5.3.4

AIX 5.3

Windows Tivoli Client 5.3.0

Client servers are Windows 2003 SP1


Note: The "TSM in a Clustered Environment Redbook" The password is kept in the Windows registry of this node and from we should NOT need to type it anymore.
According to the Redbook the client reads the password from the registry
every time it opens a session with TSM.