Update all TSM nodes password at one shot

[Kiranph]

Greetings!

We are doing a TSM audit and planning to change the TSM node password to a new password on all the nodes. I know that we can change a node's password using the update node command. We have around 200 nodes and I would like to know how can we set the new password on all the nodes at a shot.. Does it require some scripting knowledge?

PS : The password would be same for all the nodes.

Any expert advise is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[max]

hi,

please try with the following

upd node * password yourpassword

not sure if it works, but it probably does

cheers
max

 

[Efim]

Hi

it works, but after that you must
1. delete TSM.PWD (Unix) file or password in registry (Win).
2. initialize new password
3. restart scheduler or CAD

Without this you receive a lot of :
ANR0424W Session XXX for node YYY refused - invalid password submitted.

Efim

 

[syntax44]

I think what Max means is:
'update node * <yourpassword>'

But this will change the password for ALL the nodes to the same one. If that's what you want it is ok. When you want to update one node at a time (with different passwords), you'll need to create a script with all the individual 'update node <nodename> <yourpassword>' commands sequentially.

 

[Kiranph]

Hi..That was exactly I wanted.

The "Update node * (newpw)" worked fine. One thing I observed is the client pw doesnt accept characters like !, @, # etc.

Thank you so much!