Changing the DBA password using the NetBackup Database Administration utility
To log into the Database Administration utility, you must know the current DBA password.
To change the password for the first time after installation, use the nbdb_admin command. The command updates the vxdbms.conf file with the new, encrypted string:
See Changing the NetBackup database password.
To change a known password to a new password, you can either use the nbdb_admin command or the NetBackup Database Administration utility.
To change the DBA password from a known password to a new password
- Start the NetBackup Database Administration utility and enter the database logon password. Click OK.
- Select the Tools tab.
- In the Password section, click Change.
- Enter the new password and confirm the new password. Changing the password changes it for both NBDB and BMRDB, if a BMR database is present.
- Enable Create a backup file of your new DBA password to keep track of the password.
- Click OK.
The utility warns you that it is important to remember the password. You cannot recover information within the NetBackup database if the password is unavailable.
- Restart the database for the password change to take effect.