A password scheme may be a good idea also. We don't particularly have it so that the clients "know" the passwords anyways, so having a scheme may be a good idea for the future also so that you know ahead of time what the password would be.
On 9/22/05, Scott Grover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I believe you'll need to set password expiration to 0 on node definitions so > it > doesn't happen again....but you'll have to reset passwords individually from > each client for the current situation. > > > > "Gill, Geoffrey L." > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > IC.COM> > To > Sent by: "ADSM: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Dist Stor Manager" > cc > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > DU> > Subject > [ADSM-L] 95% missed backups last > night > ( found the problem but what is > the > 09/22/2005 12:01 PM easy fix) > > > Please respond to > "ADSM: Dist Stor > Manager" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > DU> > > > > > > > Ok here's an update on my own post. While waiting for a callback from > > support I seem to have discovered what the problem is. It seems that the > > passwords have not kept in synch between client and server. Yes > > passwordaccess generate is set on all the nodes so I don't understand the > > problem. > > > > I logged on to one of my clients and opened the baclient. It asked for the > > password when it should not have. I changed the password on the server to a > > known value and entered that in the client window and it connected. I was > > then able to restart the scheduler service and the client connected properly > > instead of showing the odd characters on the TSM server. > > > > The problem now is we have 250 nodes that need fixing and the only way I > > know to fix them is to do what I did. I have no clue what the passwords are > > of these nodes and neither does anyone else. So after I change all of them I > > have to then tell the administrators so they can do what I did. > > > > Boy is there going to be a bunch of pissed people, including me, if I can't > > do something on the server to fix this. > > > > The next question is how long is it going to be till this happens again? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Geoff Gill > > TSM Administrator > > SAIC M/S-G1b > > (858)826-4062 > > Email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >