Changing user passwords on the Monitor Server components' machine

When you change the password of a user ID used by WebSphere® Business Monitor components on the system without also changing the same password in the components' locations, the components will not respond. You must complete the password change to ensure communication with the WebSphere Business Monitor components.

On the machine on which the Dashboard Client is installed, complete the following steps:
  1. Stop the WebSphere_Portal application server on the WebSphere Application Server by running the following command:

    On the Windows® platform: stopServer WebSphere_Portal

    On the AIX® platform: stopServer.sh WebSphere_Portal

    Note: If the WebSphere Application Server global security feature is enabled, provide the user ID and password of a valid user who can start and stop the WebSphere Application Server with the above commands. For example, stopServer WebSphere_Portal user <User_ID> password <Password>
  2. Stop DB2® by running the db2stop force command
  3. Start DB2 by running the db2start command
  4. Start the WebSphere_Portal application server on the WebSphere Application Server by running the following command:

    On the Windows platform: startServer WebSphere_Portal

    On the AIX platform: startServer.sh WebSphere_Portal

On the machine on which the Monitor Server is installed, complete the following steps:
  1. Open the DB2 Control Center.
  2. From the menu, select Tools > Configuration Assistant.
  3. In the databases table, right-click each WebSphere Business Monitor database whether it was created locally on the machine or cataloged from a different machine.
  4. From the pop-up menu, select Change Password.
  5. Change the password you have changed for any DB2 user ID (db2admin on the Windows platform or db2inst1 on the AIX platform).
  6. Start the WebSphere Application Server administrative console, and do the following:
    1. From the navigation tree, select Resource > JDBC Provider.
    2. Select MonitorDB2XADriver.
    3. Click Data Sources.
    4. Select MonitorDataSource.
    5. Click J2EE Connector Architecture (J2C) authentication data entries.
    6. Select each alias that has the DB2 user ID whose password you have changed (db2admin on the Windows platform or db2inst1 on the AIX platform).
    7. On the General Properties page of each alias, in the Password field, change the password to the new password.
    8. Click OK, and save your changes.
    9. Log off the administrative console.
  7. Stop the server1 application server on the WebSphere Application Server by running the following command:

    On the Windows platform: stopServer server1

    On the AIX platform: stopServer.sh server1

  8. Restart the server1 application server by running the following command:

    On the Windows platform: startServer server1

    On the AIX platform: startServer.sh server1


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