Dont think there is any way to validate the security password. I have
been in same situation few times, i did change the security password(on
CUCM 6, 7 and 8 Clusters) before moving ahead with upgrade\rebuild
instead of taking any chances and worked well. After changing password
on all servers you need to reboot the cluster and then verify db
replication status is good. So you will need another down time before
the actual change\upgrade.<br>
<br>Now to change password from CLI with set command you will be asked
for the old password. If you have a wild guess want to use hit and trial
method you can try this. But if you have physical access to servers,
the best thing is to connect to console and have KVM connected to
servers. Also have any CD (no specific CD is required, server just needs
to make sure you are doing it from console) and follow the below
procedure from "Cisco Unified Communications Operating System
Administration Guide". This works for CUCM 6, 7, 8.<br>
<br>==============================<div id=":o">================================================<br><br>Procedure<br><br>01. Log in to the system with the following username and password:<br><br>Username: pwrecovery<br>Password: pwreset<br>
<br>The Welcome to platform password reset window displays.<br><br>02. Press any key to continue.<br>03. If you have a CD or DVD in the disk drive, remove it now.<br>04. Press any key to continue.<br><br>The system tests to ensure that you have removed the CD or DVD from the disk drive.<br>
<br>05. Insert a valid CD or DVD into the disk drive.<br><br>For this test, you must use a data CD, not a music CD. The system tests to ensure that you have inserted the disk.<br><br>06.
After the system verifies that you have inserted the disk, you get
prompted to enter one of the following options to continue:<br>
<br>Enter a to reset the administrator password.<br>Enter s to reset the security password. <<<< select s here<br>Enter q to quit.<br><br>07. Enter a new password of the type that you chose.<br>08. Reenter the new password.<br>
<br>The password must contain at least 6 characters. The system checks
the new password for strength. If the password does not pass the
strength check, you get prompted to enter a new password.<br><br>09.
After the system verifies the strength of the new password, the password
gets reset, and you get prompted to press any key to exit the password
reset utility."<br>
<br><br>=======================================================================================================================================</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:23 AM, Mike Lydick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike.lydick@gmail.com">mike.lydick@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">We have a customer that has "Several Possible Passwords" for the CUCM Security Password. Need to validate this before we begin a CUCM 6.1.2 to CUCM 8.6 upgrade. Just short of trying to add a subscriber is there another way to validate the Security Password?<div>
<br></div><div>Best Regards,<br><font color="#888888"><br>Mike Lydick<br><br><br>
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