Update the ems password for ActiveMatrix Service Grid

Update the ems password for ActiveMatrix Service Grid

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Article ID: KB0083874

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Products Versions
TIBCO Silver Fabric Enabler for ActiveMatrix Service Grid 1.3.0

Description

After changing the EMS Administrator Password on the EMS server, it is also required to update the EMS password in the AMX SG Administrator UI. If not, the AMX SG component will fail to allocate on next restart and the message "[AmxAdminContainer] com.tibco.security.AXSecurityException: Invalid string, Does not contain encryption prefix" will show in the engine log.

Issue/Introduction

After changing the Admin password of an EMS component, the EMS password also needs to be update in the AMX SG Administrator UI

Environment

ActiveMatrix Service Grid, EMS, Silver Farbic

Resolution

To avoid this issue to occur, it is necessary to follow the following steps to change the EMS Administrator Password:

1) Change the password in the ems component and restart the component
2) Log into the AMX Administrator http://hostname:port/amxadministrator/admin.jsp
3) Navigate to the Admin Configuration -> Admin Server -> Transport Configuration
4) Edit the EMS Password and Save
5) You should see the following message "Configuration has been updated in Administrator, and it is now being applied to all the hosts and nodes, in the background. You can navigate to the Hosts screen to view the progress of this update, using Action History column"
6) Restart the AMX SG component and now component will be able to allocate.

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