4.11 Changing the Oracle VM Manager admin User Password

The Oracle VM Manager admin user is used to log in to the Oracle VM Manager user interface. To change the password for the Oracle VM Manager admin user account, log in to the Oracle VM Manager host computer as the root user and perform the following:

# cd /u01/app/oracle/ovm-manager-3/bin
#./ovm_admin --modifyuser
Oracle VM Manager Release 3.x.x Admin tool
Please enter the username : admin
Please enter the current password :

Enter the current password for the admin user. The Oracle VM Manager administration tool prompts you for a new password.

Please enter a new password for admin : 
Please re-enter the password : 

Enter the new password for the admin user. The password you use for the Oracle WebLogic admin account must conform to the following rules:

  • Be between 8 and 16 characters in length.

  • Contain at least 1 lower case and 1 upper case letter.

  • Contain at least 1 numeric value or special character.

The Oracle VM Manager administration tool prompts you to confirm the new password. The Oracle VM Manager administration tool continues.

Please enter the password for weblogic : 

Enter the Oracle WebLogic password. You set this during the installation of Oracle VM Manager. The utility connects to Oracle WebLogic and changes the Oracle VM Manager admin password.

Initializing WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) ...

Welcome to WebLogic Server Administration Scripting Shell

Type help() for help on available commands

Connecting to WebLogic server ...

Connected ...
Modifying user 'admin' ...
Modified user 'admin' successfully ...
Exiting...