IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Microsoft Applications, Version 6.3

Creating users by running the New User utility

You can run the New User utility to create users on Exchange Server 2007 and 2010. The user that is created by running this utility has all the required permissions to run the agent. This utility is installed when you install the agent.

Before you begin

Ensure that the agent is installed. To run the New User utility, you must be a domain administrator with full administrator rights on the Exchange Server.

About this task

This task provides information about running the New User utility to create a user on the Exchange Server that you want to monitor. After you run this utility, the user is created in the Users group in the Active Directory, and has the following permissions:

Procedure

To run the New User utility, complete the following steps:

  1. Double-click the kexnewuser.exe file that is available at the following locations:
    • CANDLE_HOME\TMAITM6 (for the 32-bit agent)
    • CANDLE_HOME\TMAITM6_x64 (for the 64-bit agent)
  2. In the New User window, complete the following steps:
    1. Enter the first name and the last name of the user in the appropriate fields.
      Restriction: The length of the first and the last name must not exceed 28 characters.
    2. In the User Logon Name field, enter the name that the user must type while logging in.
      Restriction: The length of the user logon name must not exceed 256 characters.
    3. In the Password field, enter your password.
    4. In the Confirm Password field, enter the password again.
    5. Select User Must Change Password at Next Logon if you want the specified password to be reset the next time when the user logs on.
    6. Click Next.
    The configuration values that you specify are validated, and error messages are displayed for incorrect values.
  3. From the list of mailbox databases, select the required mailbox database, and click Next. A summary of configuration values is displayed.
  4. Click Finish. The settings are saved, and the user is created.

What to do next

Create an MAPI profile for each user. For information about creating an MAPI profile, see Creating an MAPI profile for each server.


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