The dsmcutil.exe utility has a "showpw" command that displays the password
for the node:

   dsmcutil showpw /node:yournodename

This has to be run on the machine where the password is encrypted
(password is encrypted in the registry).

There is no email facility for sending the new password.

In general, there is no need for someone to know the password once its
been encrypted (this is what "passwordaccess generate" is for!). In cases
where the password needs to be known (such as if you are restoring to a
different machine), ask the TSM administrator to update the node with a
known password, then use the -virtualnodename option when starting the
client. In such a case, you will also need to re-encrypt the password on
the machine that normally uses the node name, since the current encrypted
password will, of course, be invalid. To re-encrypt the password on the
node's machine, launch the TSM client, which will prompt you for the new
password.

The "showpw" command has been removed from dsmcutil.exe as of version 5.3.

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 12/16/2004
09:27:27:

> Dear All,
>
> I am using Tivoli Storage Manager v5.2.10 on a Windows Server 2003
> machine with the PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE option in my dsm.opt file. Is
> there a way to be notified of the new password when the TSM client
> changes it (e.g. in the same manner as the MAILPROG option to the unix
> client) or to read the new password from the disk?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Chris.