IV73157: USING OBJECT SERVER AUTHENTICATION, WHEN INSTALLING IMPACT 7.1, THE PASSWORD CAN NOT CONTAIN SPECIAL CHARACTERS.

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• The Object Server password can not contain special characters,
  when installing Impact V7.1.0.1, received this error:
  =====> IBM Installation Manager> Error
  
  ERROR: Errors occurred.
  
  Reason: IMPACTIN0152E The Object Server password can not contain
  special characters. The following characters are allowed:
  
  ()0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
  abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz_-.
  

Local fix

• Install Impact either using Local File Base user and then
  configure your Impact Server to using Omnibus authentication,
  as a post-installation step, using the "confAuth4OMNIbus". This
  will then allow you to use an Omnibus user that has a @ or
  other special characters besides just these:
  
  ()0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
  abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz_-.
  
  Or install your Impact Server to using Omnibus authentication,
  with a password that contains no special character (as shown
  above).
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All Impact 710 Users                                         *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * When installing Impact 710x and using object server          *
  * authentication, the user password cannot contain special     *
  * characters.                                                  *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * NONE                                                         *
  ****************************************************************
  Add to the 'Configuring the user registry' section that the
  object server password cannot contain special characters during
  install of Impact 71. If password needs special characters, one
  needs to install Impact using local file-based user and then
  needs to configure the Impact Server to use Netcool/OMNIbus
  ObjectServer User Authentication as a post-installation step.
  

Problem conclusion

• The 'Configuring the user registry' section of the
  Administration Guide will be updated in the next release of the
  Impact 710 publications.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

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Fix information

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