Reset the STA Backup Service Password

Note – For additional Backup Service administration information, see “STA Backup Service”.

1.	Change directories.


# cd /Oracle/StorageTek_Tape_Analytics/common/bin

2.	Ensure the server is online.

# ./staservadm -Q Contacting daemon...connected. Querying Preferences. Current STA Backup Service Preferences: Configured [yes] . . . Database Username -U [stadba] Database Password -P [*****] =======================================

# ./staservadm -Q
Contacting daemon...connected.
Querying Preferences.
 Current STA Backup Service Preferences:
   Configured            [yes]
.
.
.
   Database Username  -U [stadba]
   Database Password  -P [*****]
 =======================================

3.	Reset the STA Backup service password.

For example, assume the STA database administrator username you entered during installation was "stadba" and your new password is "new-password."

As the system root user, enter the following commands from the Linux command line.


# ./staservadm -U stadba -P new-password

Optionally, if you don't want to enter the password on the command line, leave the value of the -P option blank and the system will prompt you to enter the new password without echoing.


# ./staservadm -U stadba -P Enter database password: