Change the Patch Manager service account or password
During the initial setup, Patch Manager creates a local service account used to start the EminentWare Data Grid Server service running on the Patch Manager host server. This service starts automatically at system startup and manages all aspects of the Patch Manager server, except the Microsoft SQL Server database resources.
To change the service password or account, verify the Patch Manager server settings. When you are finished, change the password.
Verify the server settings
To change the account that starts the EminentWare Data Grid Server service, verify the following on the Patch Manager server.
- Ensure that the service account you plan to use includes sysadmin rights to the EminentWare database.
- In Local Security Policy > Security Settings > Local Policies > User Rights Assignment > Log on as a service, the service account is listed in the Log on as a service Properties window.
- In the Local Security Policy, the following settings are disabled in Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options (In Microsoft Windows Server 2012, search Local Security Policy):
- Windows Server 2003: Network access: Do not allow storage of credentials or .NET Passports for network authentication
- Windows Server 2008 and 2012: Network access: Do not allow storage of passwords and credentials for network authentication
-
The service account has Full Control on the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\EminentWare registry
key. - The service account is in the local Administrators group.
Change the password
- Verify that you have access to the SQL Server Management Studio.
- Close the Patch Manager Administrator Console.
- Open the Services window and stop the EminentWare Data Grid Server service.
- Clear the
MEKey
andMPKey
strings in the Registry.- Open the Registry Editor (regedit).
- Expand
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\EminentWare\Data Grid Service\Roles\Application
and select Data. - Select
MEKey
, and then click Edit > Modify. - Clear the Value data field, and then click OK.
- Repeat step c and d for the
MPKey
string. - On the Patch Manager server, log in to Local Users and Groups.
- Add the new user to the Admin group for the Patch Manager server.
Assign the new user a password.
If you are changing the existing EminentWare Data grid service user password, select the Admin group and change the existing password.
- Log in to the SQL Server Management Studio.
- Add the new user to the EminentWare Database.
- Log in to the database.
- Expand the security tab.
- Right click Security and select New Login.
- Assign the targeted user SA rights to the database.
- Close SQL Server Management Studio.
- Change the password or account used to start the EminentWare Data Grid Server service.
- Open the Services window and select the EminentWare Data Grid Server service.
- Right-click the service and select Properties.
- Click the Log On tab.
- Make the necessary changes to the account and/or password, and then click OK.
- Start the EminentWare Data Grid Server service.
- Open the Patch Manager Administrator Console.
- In the navigation pane, expand Patch Manager System Configuration and select Security and User Management.
- Click the Credentials tab.
- Update the Credentials for ALL accounts.
- On the Credentials tab, right-click a credential and select Change Password.
- Enter and confirm the new password, and then click Save.
- Repeat step a and step b for the remaining credentials.
- If you set up email notifications, change the password stored for that task. Otherwise, go to step 14.
- In the navigation pane, expand Patch Manager System Configuration > Patch Manager Servers > and select Application Servers.
- Select the application server.
- Click the Application Server Settings tab.
- In the Setting Name column, select Email Configuration: SMTP Server logon user password.
- In the Application Servers pane, click Modify Setting.
- Enter the new password, and then click OK.
- If you set a password in Proxy Settings for Software Publishing, perform the following steps. Otherwise, go to step 15.
- In the navigation pane, expand Administration and Reporting and select Software Publishing.
- Click Synchronization Settings in the Actions pane.
- Click the Proxy Settings tab and update the password.
- Click OK.
- If you set a proxy password for your Application Servers, perform the following steps. Otherwise, you are finished.
- In the navigation pane, expand Patch Manager System Configuration > Patch Manager Servers and select Application Servers.
- In the center pane, select the application server and click the Application Server Settings tab.
- Select the Password setting.
- Click the Action menu, and then select Modify Setting.
- Enter the new password, and then click OK.