[cisco-voip] DRS Backup Restore in 8.5 how do your change the DRS password?

[Jason Aarons (US)]

My 8.5.1 CER gives the DRS encrypted tar warning on backup, however the SSH CLI doesn't have a "set password security" option. This is awful, the DRS Web Page should really be the place to set/change the password, not via physical access at console.

Customers often lose the security phrase was when the appliances was built, now having DRS restore rely on that passwords is going to create a horrible scenario in a disaster.

Here's how I reset it for DRS.

Login at console, 8.5(1) won't let you do this via ssh

pwdrecovery
pwdreset

Insert CD/DVD Media (to prove you have physical access)

Thank you, you may now proceed with the Platform password reset;
Enter a for admin password reset
Enter s for security password reset
Enter q to quit

I then reset the security phrase which would require every node in cluster to do same process and reboot. In short you have to have someone at console with CD at every node to reset security password for DRS backups.

From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Jason Aarons (US)
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 9:01 PM
To: cisco-voip (cisco-voip at puck.nether.net)
Subject: [cisco-voip] DRS Backup Restore in 8.5 how do your change the DRS password?




Callmanager 8.5 addes encryption to the DRS .tar file.  The current CUCM 8.5.1 implementation of DRS prompts you with this message

before you start a backup:



============

The DRS Backup archive encryption depends on the current security password

(Provided at the time of install). During a restore, you could be prompted

to enter this security password if this password has been changed.

============





If you want to update or change  your DRS password (without changing the cluster database security password) , what is the CLI process to do so?
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