IBM Endpoint Manager, Version 9.0

Changing the DB2 password

After you install the DB2 database of the Endpoint Manager server, you can change the database password by performing the following steps:

  1. Stop the berserver service:
    service besserver stop
  2. Open the configuration file: /var/opt/BESServer/besserver.config
  3. Go to [Software\BigFix\EnterpriseClient\Settings\Client\_BESServer_Database_Password] and change:
    value = ""
    with the new DB2 password, such as
    value = "db2newpassword"
  4. Open the configuration file: /var/opt/BESWebReportsServer/beswebreports.config
  5. Go to [Software\BigFix\Enterprise Server\FillAggregateDB] and change:
    value = ""
    with the new DB2 password, such as
    value = "db2newpassword"
  6. Restart the besserver service:
    service besserver restart
    At restart passwords are obfuscated and substituted again with "" in the configuration files.


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